The American Naturalist, Vol. 52, No. 614 (Feb. - Mar., 1918), pp. 155-176 (22 pages) The important uses of galls have been in medicine, the manufacture of ink, tanning and dyeing, with a few ...

Not all wasp-shaped insects can do us harm. Gall wasps are a stingless species ... kitchen for the larva that protects its vulnerable form as it eats its way to adulthood. When it's ready, the ...