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Diplolepis spinosa

Diplolepis spinosa

The Diplolepis spinosa, also known as the thorn gall wasp, is a tiny insect that creates galls on plants. These galls look like little bumps and are homes for the wasp's babies!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Diplolepis spinosa is a small, dark-bodied wasp, typically black or dark brown, with slender, often reddish-brown legs and antennae. Its tiny size distinguishes it, as does the absence of a prominent ovipositor, unlike some similar gall wasps.

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Diplolepis spinosa
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Diplolepis spinosa

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Amazingly, the wasp's stingers are only for laying eggs, not for stinging you!

Inside the plant's woody fortress, young wasps safely eat and grow up!

These tiny wasps command rose plants to grow spiky, golf-ball-sized homes!

When grown, the adult wasp chews a perfectly round escape hole to fly free!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Plant Architect

Diplolepis spinosa can chemically reprogram rose plants to grow protective homes called galls for its larvae, ensuring safe development.

Fähigkeit

Growth Controller

Diplolepis spinosa has a unique ability to trigger abnormal plant growth, creating intricate, spiny galls that provide food and shelter.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
4-8 mm
Größe
2-4 mm
Lebenserwartung
300-365 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Young wasps feast on rose plant tissues inside their spiky galls.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae consume plant tissue; adults may sip nectar but do not feed on plant tissue.

Hauptnahrung

  • rose stem tissue
  • rose bud tissue
  • rose leaf tissue

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

prickly rose

Rosa acicularis

Provides plant tissue and shelter for larvae.

parasitizes

ichneumon wasp

Orthopelma mediator

Larvae feed internally on the developing Diplolepis wasp.

parasitizes

chalcid wasp

Torymus bedeguaris

Female lays eggs into the Diplolepis gall, larvae consume host.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These wasps are not dangerous, but it's best to look and not touch their galls.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Diplolepis spinosa?

4-8 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Diplolepis spinosa?

2-4 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Diplolepis spinosa?

300-365 Tage

Was frisst Diplolepis spinosa?

Young wasps feast on rose plant tissues inside their spiky galls.

Wo findet man Diplolepis spinosa normalerweise?

Forests

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Diplolepis spinosa?

6

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