Thimbleberry Gall Wasp
探検昆虫
Thimbleberry Gall Wasp
Diastrophus kincaidii
The Thimbleberry Gall Wasp is a tiny insect that makes special homes called galls on thimbleberry plants. These galls look like little bumps and provide a safe place for the wasp's babies to grow.
生息地: Forests
外見
The Thimbleberry Gall Wasp is a tiny, dark-bodied insect, typically black or dark brown, with a shiny exoskeleton. Its small size and transparent wings distinguish it, but it's most often identified by the distinctive, often reddish or green, spindle-shaped galls it creates on thimbleberry stems.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Cynipidae属Diastrophus
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
Each tiny wasp creates a unique living sculpture!
Galls can look like berries or strange plant potatoes!
Its larvae turn plant cells into a personal pantry!
Some gall wasps are all female, no dads needed!
特殊能力
能力
Gall Architect
Thimbleberry Gall Wasp can cleverly manipulate plants to grow protective homes called galls because of special chemicals it injects.
能力
Host Plant Whisperer
Thimbleberry Gall Wasp has a unique ability to trigger a specific plant response that helps them create safe nurseries for their young.
能力
Tiny Chemist
Thimbleberry Gall Wasp can inject powerful chemicals that force the host plant to grow a custom-designed, nutrient-rich shelter for its larvae.
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
Adults might sip nectar, but larvae get all their nutrition by consuming the plant tissue inside their gall homes.
年齢による違い: Larvae consume plant tissue inside galls; adults may feed on nectar or honeydew, or not feed at all.
主な食物
- Gall tissue
- Nectar
- Honeydew
生態系とのつながり
depends on
Thimbleberry
Rubus parviflorus
Its larvae rely on this plant to grow their protective gall homes.
parasitizes
Perplexing Torymid Wasp
Torymus perplexus
Its larvae develop inside the Thimbleberry Gall Wasp's galls.
eaten by
Steller's Jay
Cyanocitta stelleri
This bird sometimes pecks at galls to find the larvae inside.
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
Thimbleberry Gall Waspの翼開長は何ですか？
4-8 mm
Thimbleberry Gall Waspのサイズは何ですか？
2-4 mm
Thimbleberry Gall Waspの寿命は何ですか？
7-14 日
Thimbleberry Gall Waspは何を食べますか？
Adults might sip nectar, but larvae get all their nutrition by consuming the plant tissue inside their gall homes.
Thimbleberry Gall Waspは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Thimbleberry Gall Waspの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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