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Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae

The Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae is a tiny insect that lives on oak trees. It helps the trees by making them stronger, but it can also make little bumps on the leaves.

生息地: Forests

外見

The Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae is a minute, dark-bodied gall wasp, typically black or dark brown. It has a shiny, compact body and delicate, clear wings. Its small size, usually less than 2.5mm, sets it apart from larger insects.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraCynipidaeCallirhytis
Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae
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Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae

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

Some generations of these wasps are all female, making identical copies of themselves!

Their galls can look like tiny spikes, fuzzy balls, or even miniature apples!

These tiny wasps trick oak trees into building them custom houses!

They spend most of their life eating inside a tree, safe from hungry birds!

特殊能力

能力

Gall Architect

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae can chemically command oak trees to grow protective galls that helps them create safe nurseries for their young.

能力

Invisible Shield

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae has the ability to develop hidden inside a gall that helps them stay safe from many predators.

能力

Asexual Master

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliae can reproduce without a mate in some generations that helps them rapidly increase their population.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
2-5 mm
サイズ
1-2.5 mm
寿命
7-30 日
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Larvae feed on specialized plant tissue within the galls they create on oak trees.

年齢による違い: Larval wasps eat specific oak tissue inside galls, while adult wasps typically do not feed or drink.

主な食物

  • Oak gall tissue
  • Nutritive gall cells
  • Plant sap from gall

生態系とのつながり

shelters

California Live Oak

Quercus agrifolia

Induces galls on its leaves and twigs.

parasitizes

California Gall Wasp Parasitoid

Torymus californicus

Larvae consume the gall wasp larva inside its gall.

parasitizes

California Acorn Wasp

Eurytoma californica

Its larvae also parasitize the developing gall wasp.

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 insects from a distance and not touch them, as some can be delicate.

よくある質問

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliaeの翼開長は何ですか?

2-5 mm

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliaeのサイズは何ですか?

1-2.5 mm

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliaeの寿命は何ですか?

7-30 日

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliaeは何を食べますか?

Larvae feed on specialized plant tissue within the galls they create on oak trees.

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliaeは通常どこに生息していますか?

Forests

Callirhytis quercusagrifoliaeの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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