Cynips

It seemed to hold true among the bumblebees of the genus Bombus, and among the gall wasps of the genus Cynips; it seemed to hold true among various species in the West Indies, the Solomon Islands, and Hawaii.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

It seemed to hold true among the bumblebees of the genus Bombus, and among the gall wasps of the genus Cynips; it seemed to hold true among various species in the West Indies, the Solomon Islands, and Hawaii.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

In order to become fertilised, figs (of which the sexual apparatus lies within the fruit) must have their outer skin perforated by certain gnats of the Cynips tribe, which then penetrate to the interior whilst carrying with them the fertilising pollen; but these gnats are not found in this country.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

[Illustration: THE OAK-GALL INSECT (_Cynips_).] "They are not apples such as we eat, or fruit in any sense," said her governess.

Among the Trees at Elmridge Ella Rodman Church

Cynips insect, and are then compressed into small boxes.

Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie

Later in the month, the Gall flies (Cynips), those physiological puzzles, sting the leaves of our oaks of different species, giving rise to the strange excrescences and manifold deformities which deface the stems and leaves of our most beautiful forest trees.

Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872

Dimorphism in the hymenopterous genus Cynips, "" Proc.

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845

As you may see from the latest of these papers, I [have] recently made the remarkable discover that there [are the] so-called "three sexes" not only in social insects but [also in the] strictly solitary genus Cynips.

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845

Mr. Walsh's view is that Cynips quercus aciculata is a dimorphous form of Cynips q. spongifica, and occurs only as a female.

More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845

The male of the Cynips, which produces the common King Charles Oak Apple, has only recently been discovered, those of the root-feeding Aphides, which live in hundreds in every nest of the yellow Meadow Ant (Lasius flavus) are still unknown; the habits and mode of reproduction of the common Eel have only just been discovered; and we may even say generally that many of the most interesting recent discoveries have relation to the commonest and most familiar animals.

The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873