Gall wasp - Wikipedia
Gall wasps, also traditionally called gallflies, are hymenopterans of the family Cynipidae in the wasp superfamily Cynipoidea. Their common name comes from the galls they induce on plants for larval development.
Gall wasp | Description, Insects, Plant Damage, & Facts | Britannica
gall wasp, (family Cynipidae), any of about 1,300 species of small wasps that are notable for their ability to stimulate the growth of galls (tissue swellings) on plants. Some gall wasp species are gall inquilines, meaning they do not cause the formation of …
Gall Wasps: Identification, Facts, & FAQs - Pest Ideas
2020年11月13日 · A gall wasp is a type of insect that lays their eggs in the softer parts of a tree, plant, or flower. As the small larvae develop into full-grown gall wasp adults, the gall forms. This process can cause the plant to die or suffer as it cannot develop properly.
Callirhytis Oak Gall Wasps - NC State Extension Publications
This factsheet describes the biology of the Callirhytis gall wasp, which infests the twigs and leaves of many species of oaks.
Oak Wasp Galls - Natural History Museum
2013年10月31日 · These deformaties are better known as galls, and help to protect and feed the developing wasp larvae that hatch inside. Although they are sometimes referred to as plant tumors, these growths are not harmful to the oak.
Gall wasp, a parasite on citrus, oak, and flowers - Nature & Garden
Gall wasp is an insect that lays eggs in soft tissues in trees, flowers and other plants. As the larvae develop, a gall forms and hinders plant growth. Gall wasp general facts. Name: Cynips, Diplolepis, Neuroterus… Type: insect (wasp) – Spread: worldwide – Infects: shoots, leaves, buds.
Family Cynipidae - Gall Wasps - BugGuide.Net
2023年1月12日 · Succulent spring galls on oak buds, flowers, and leaves produce fully winged, short-lived males and females. The larvae in the more solid, autumnal galls metamorphose in the fall and depending on species the adults, which are all agamic females, may emerge in late fall (as in Disholcaspis spp.) or stay in the galls over the winter.
Do you know what galls me? Cynipid wasps - OSU Extension Service
Have you seen those round, ball-like growths on oak leaves? Or the fuzzy mosslike structures on rose stems? These are the results of a tiny parasitic wasp called a gall wasp or cynipid.
Habits and Traits of Gall Wasps - ThoughtCo
2019年6月17日 · Gall wasps (family Cynipidae) are likely the most common gall-making insects. Here's more about gall wasps, and which plants they affect.
gall wasps, Callirhytis quercusclaviger and Callirhytis cornigera
The galls provide shelter, protection, and food for the immature wasps (Hutchins 1969). Inside a gall, the larvae are surrounded by tissues rich in nutrients (Askew 1984). As the larvae reach maturity small spines or horns become evident on the gall. An adult wasp emerges from each horn (Johnson and Lyon 1976). Figure 7.
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