Pumpkin Gall Wasp
探検昆虫
Pumpkin Gall Wasp
Dryocosmus minusculus
The Pumpkin Gall Wasp is a tiny insect that makes little round bumps, called galls, on oak leaves. These galls look like small pumpkins and are home to the wasp's babies!
生息地: Forests
外見
The Pumpkin Gall Wasp is a tiny, dark-bodied insect, typically black or dark brown, with a shiny exoskeleton and yellowish-brown legs. It has a rounded abdomen and short antennae, differentiating it by its minute size and often obscure presence without its distinctive gall.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Cynipidae属Dryocosmus
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
Many Pumpkin Gall Wasps are all female; males are super rare or not found at all!
Some galls can look exactly like miniature pumpkins, even turning orange when mature!
Sometimes, other insects called 'inquilines' sneak into the gall to share its shelter!
The adult wasp that makes the gall is many times smaller than the 'pumpkin' it creates.
特殊能力
能力
Gall Architect
Pumpkin Gall Wasp can chemically induce a pumpkin-shaped gall on oak trees that provides shelter and food for its developing larva.
能力
Chemical Manipulator
Pumpkin Gall Wasp has the power to inject plant hormones into oak leaves, tricking the tree into growing a safe, nutritious home.
能力
Parthenogenesis Power
Pumpkin Gall Wasp can reproduce without a male, allowing females to lay eggs that develop into new females by themselves.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 4-6 mm
- サイズ
- 2-3 mm
- 寿命
- 7-14 日
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
As larvae, they eat the inside of the plant gall; adults generally do not feed.
年齢による違い: Adults do not feed, while larvae consume the nutritious inner tissue of the plant gall they create.
主な食物
- Oak leaf tissue
- Oak stem tissue
- Gall tissue
生態系とのつながり
depends on
California Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia
The wasp larvae develop entirely inside galls on its leaves.
depends on
Valley Oak
Quercus lobata
Forms distinct pumpkin galls on the leaves and stems of this oak.
parasitizes
Splendid Torymid Wasp
Torymus splendidus
Lays its eggs inside the gall, and its larva eats the wasp larva.
eaten by
Mountain Chickadee
Poecile gambeli
Birds may peck open galls to eat the developing wasp larvae.
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
Don't touch galls on trees; they are homes for tiny insects!
よくある質問
Pumpkin Gall Waspの翼開長は何ですか？
4-6 mm
Pumpkin Gall Waspのサイズは何ですか？
2-3 mm
Pumpkin Gall Waspの寿命は何ですか？
7-14 日
Pumpkin Gall Waspは何を食べますか？
As larvae, they eat the inside of the plant gall; adults generally do not feed.
Pumpkin Gall Waspは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Pumpkin Gall Waspの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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