Life in a Gall Quotes

“protection is not guaranteed because some insects (known as parasitoids) specialise in developing in, or on, the body of the gall-inducing insect while it is in the gall. Other insects (inquilines) invade the gall chamber and force the gall-inducing insect to share its home with these intruders. There are also thieving insects (kleptoparasites) that take over the gall and displace the original gall-inducing insect.”
― Rosalind Blanche, Life in a Gall: The Biology and Ecology of Insects that Live in Plant Galls