Diplolepis spinosa
探検昆虫
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!
生息地: Forests
外見
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.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Cynipidae属Diplolepis
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
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!
特殊能力
能力
Plant Architect
Diplolepis spinosa can chemically reprogram rose plants to grow protective homes called galls for its larvae, ensuring safe development.
能力
Growth Controller
Diplolepis spinosa has a unique ability to trigger abnormal plant growth, creating intricate, spiny galls that provide food and shelter.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 4-8 mm
- サイズ
- 2-4 mm
- 寿命
- 300-365 日
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Young wasps feast on rose plant tissues inside their spiky galls.
年齢による違い: Larvae consume plant tissue; adults may sip nectar but do not feed on plant tissue.
主な食物
- rose stem tissue
- rose bud tissue
- rose leaf tissue
生態系とのつながり
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.
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
These wasps are not dangerous, but it's best to look and not touch their galls.
よくある質問
Diplolepis spinosaの翼開長は何ですか？
4-8 mm
Diplolepis spinosaのサイズは何ですか？
2-4 mm
Diplolepis spinosaの寿命は何ですか？
300-365 日
Diplolepis spinosaは何を食べますか？
Young wasps feast on rose plant tissues inside their spiky galls.
Diplolepis spinosaは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Diplolepis spinosaの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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