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California Gall Wasp

Andricus quercuscalifornicus

The California Gall Wasp is a tiny insect that makes galls on oak trees. These galls are like little homes for the wasp's babies, and they help protect them as they grow.

生息地: Forests

外見

The California Gall Wasp is a tiny, dark-bodied insect, typically black or dark brown with clear, delicate wings. It has a compact, somewhat stout body shape that helps distinguish it from more slender wasps. Its small size makes it hard to spot.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraCynipidaeAndricus
California Gall Wasp
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California Gall Wasp

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Each big gall can contain many tiny wasp larvae munching safely inside.

If you shake a dried gall, you might hear the loose larva rattling inside!

The giant galls these wasps create can grow as big as a tennis ball!

These wasps cause the oak tree to create the gall, not the wasp itself!

特殊能力

能力

Clone Maker

California Gall Wasp can sometimes have babies all by themselves without a mate, which helps them reproduce quickly.

能力

Egg Planter

California Gall Wasp has a special needle-like tool to carefully lay eggs deep inside plant tissue, protecting them from danger.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
4-8 mm
サイズ
2-4 mm
寿命
365-730 日
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adults don't eat much, but baby wasps feast on their cozy plant home!

年齢による違い: Larvae eat the gall's plant tissue, while adults may sip nectar or water.

主な食物

  • Gall tissue
  • Oak sap
  • Nectar

生態系とのつながり

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

It's best to look at these wasps from a distance and not touch them.

よくある質問

California Gall Waspの翼開長は何ですか?

4-8 mm

California Gall Waspのサイズは何ですか?

2-4 mm

California Gall Waspの寿命は何ですか?

365-730 日

California Gall Waspは何を食べますか?

Adults don't eat much, but baby wasps feast on their cozy plant home!

California Gall Waspは通常どこに生息していますか?

Forests

California Gall Waspの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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