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Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp

Amphibolips quercuspomiformis

The Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp is a tiny insect that creates round galls on oak trees. These galls look like little apples and are homes for the wasp's babies!

生息地: Forests

外見

The Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp is a tiny, dark-bodied insect, typically black or dark brown, with delicate, translucent wings. It has a compact, somewhat rounded body shape and short antennae. Its subtle appearance often resembles a small ant or fly.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraCynipidaeAmphibolips
Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp
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Live Oak Apple 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

Hundreds of these strange galls can sometimes grow on a single live oak tree at once!

Sometimes, other insects sneak into the gall to eat the wasp larvae or share their home!

The 'apple' galls are not fruit at all, but the tree's amazing reaction to the tiny wasp!

Tiny wasps spend most of their life eating and growing hidden inside the tree's gall!

特殊能力

能力

Gall Architect

Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp can cleverly trick oak trees into growing a protective 'apple' home for its young using special chemicals.

能力

Secret Hatching

Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp larvae can develop safely hidden inside the oak tree's gall, protected from hungry predators.

能力

Mate-Free Miracles

Some Live Oak Apple Gall Wasps can lay eggs that develop into new wasps without needing a male, a special type of reproduction.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
4-8 mm
サイズ
2-4 mm
寿命
7-14 日
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adult wasps drink nectar, while larvae eat oak tree tissues inside their protective galls.

年齢による違い: Larvae eat oak gall tissue, while adults drink nectar from flowers.

主な食物

  • oak tree tissues
  • nectar
  • plant sap

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

depends on

Southern Live Oak

Quercus virginiana

for growing its protective larval galls.

depends on

California Live Oak

Quercus agrifolia

as a host tree for gall induction.

parasitizes

Gall Wasp Parasitoid

Ormyrus distinctus

its larvae feed on the gall wasp larvae inside 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 safe to look at the galls, but don't eat them!

よくある質問

Live Oak Apple Gall Waspの翼開長は何ですか?

4-8 mm

Live Oak Apple Gall Waspのサイズは何ですか?

2-4 mm

Live Oak Apple Gall Waspの寿命は何ですか?

7-14 日

Live Oak Apple Gall Waspは何を食べますか?

Adult wasps drink nectar, while larvae eat oak tree tissues inside their protective galls.

Live Oak Apple Gall Waspは通常どこに生息していますか?

Forests

Live Oak Apple Gall Waspはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Live Oak Apple Gall Waspの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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