Round Bullet Gall Wasp
探検昆虫
Round Bullet Gall Wasp
Disholcaspis quercusglobulus
The Round Bullet Gall Wasp is a tiny insect that makes round, ball-like galls on oak trees. These galls are special homes for the wasp's babies, making them safe and cozy.
生息地: Forests
外見
The Round Bullet Gall Wasp is a tiny, dark brown to black insect with a shiny, robust body and clear wings. It has a slightly humped back and is often mistaken for a small fly due to its size, but possesses a distinct wasp-like shape.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Cynipidae属Disholcaspis
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
Baby wasps feast and grow inside their cozy plant home, totally safe from many hungry predators.
Many other tiny insects secretly live inside the wasp's gall home without an invitation!
Some years, only girl wasps are born, and they don't even need a dad to have their own babies!
The 'bullet' galls are super strong and can stay on oak trees for years after the wasp leaves!
特殊能力
能力
Plant Architect
Round Bullet Gall Wasps can trigger oak trees to grow a protective woody 'bullet' gall for their young, manipulating plant growth.
能力
Clone Power
Some generations of Round Bullet Gall Wasps can reproduce without a male, creating genetic copies of themselves to multiply quickly.
能力
Chemical Command
The Round Bullet Gall Wasp injects specific chemicals into oak trees that forces cells to grow a specialized home for its larvae.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 4-8 mm
- サイズ
- 2-4 mm
- 寿命
- 14-30 日
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Larvae munch on oak tissue inside their gall homes, while adults might sip sweet nectar.
年齢による違い: Larvae feed on gall tissue, but adults may forage for nectar.
主な食物
- Oak plant tissue
- Nectar
生態系とのつながり
depends on
White Oak
Quercus alba
for forming protective galls on its twigs and branches.
parasitizes
Torymid Wasp
Torymus advenus
by laying its eggs inside the bullet gall of the wasp.
eaten by
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
as birds often peck open galls to eat the larvae inside.
shelters
Inquiline Gall Wasp
Synergus lignicola
lives within the oak gall created by the bullet 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
Don't touch the galls without asking an adult, as they are homes for tiny creatures.
よくある質問
Round Bullet Gall Waspの翼開長は何ですか？
4-8 mm
Round Bullet Gall Waspのサイズは何ですか？
2-4 mm
Round Bullet Gall Waspの寿命は何ですか？
14-30 日
Round Bullet Gall Waspは何を食べますか？
Larvae munch on oak tissue inside their gall homes, while adults might sip sweet nectar.
Round Bullet Gall Waspは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Round Bullet Gall Waspの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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