I collected some fallen coast live oak catkins covered in old galls in a small container, yesterday (http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156361771, http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156491874). Today, I found this tiny insect trying to get out. I don’t suppose it came from one of the galls, as it looks like they were evacuated long ago? But it does look like one of the iNat preview photos for Dryocosmus. It even appears to have yellow legs/antennae in Photo #2 and #5…. It’s so small, I thought that it was entirely black even when looking at it in person.
Cynipidae? Seems to have shown up in an aquatics sample, possibly aquatic? Or maybe just fell in the water
Q. phellos x Q. virginiana. Tentative ID. iNat does not have an entry for this hybrid so listed host ID as subgenus Quercus which encompasses both species of the cross.