The wasp tunnelled into another room

Wood dissected two fused galls and found a dead wasp near the middle of the second gall. He inferred the route and attributed its death to exhaustion; the specimen did not establish the cause of death. The images reconstruct his account.[[cite:4]]

Two joined nurseries. One successful exit. One tunnel that led farther inside.
The exit led to another room.
J. G. Wood found two oak galls fused together. Each had housed a tiny wasp.
One way out. One way deeper in.
One wasp escaped through the outer wall. The other tunnel crossed the join and entered the neighbouring gall.
Wood found it in the second gall.
The dead wasp lay in the neighbouring chamber. Wood blamed exhaustion, but the cause was not established.

The wasp tunnelled into another room

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