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Crystalline Gall Wasp
探検昆虫
Crystalline Gall Wasp
Feron crystallinum
The Crystalline Gall Wasp is a tiny insect that creates beautiful, shiny galls on plants. These galls look like little crystals and are homes for the wasp's babies!
生息地: Forests
外見
The Crystalline Gall Wasp is a tiny insect, typically dark brown or black, with delicate, clear wings. Its slender body and short antennae help it navigate among oak leaves, where it is often overlooked due to its minuscule size.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Cynipidae属Andricus
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
Gall wasps create plant structures that look like tiny alien jewels!
Inside their plant homes, baby wasps are safe and have plenty to eat.
The galls they create protect them from many hungry birds and insects!
These wasps are so small, you might need a magnifying glass to spot them!
特殊能力
能力
Plant Reprogrammer
Crystalline Gall Wasp releases powerful chemicals into oak buds that force the plant to grow specific, protective homes for its larvae.
能力
Asexual Reproduction
Some Crystalline Gall Wasps can reproduce without a mate through parthenogenesis, helping them establish populations more quickly.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 4-8 mm
- サイズ
- 2-4 mm
- 寿命
- 7-20 日
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Adults sip nectar, while larvae eat nourishing plant tissue from inside their custom-built galls.
年齢による違い: Larvae consume plant tissue inside their galls, while adults feed on nectar and honeydew.
主な食物
- Nectar
- Oak leaf tissue
- Oak bud tissue
- Honeydew
生態系とのつながり
depends on
Coast Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia
for shelter and food, inducing galls on its leaves.
depends on
Valley Oak
Quercus lobata
to grow its unique nurseries for developing larvae.
parasitizes
Splendid Torymid Wasp
Torymus splendidus
by laying eggs inside the gall wasp larvae within the gall.
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
Crystalline Gall Waspの翼開長は何ですか？
4-8 mm
Crystalline Gall Waspのサイズは何ですか？
2-4 mm
Crystalline Gall Waspの寿命は何ですか？
7-20 日
Crystalline Gall Waspは何を食べますか？
Adults sip nectar, while larvae eat nourishing plant tissue from inside their custom-built galls.
Crystalline Gall Waspは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Crystalline Gall Waspの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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