#3577 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Ram's Horn Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Ramshoorngalwesp ·Andricus aries
📍 Wageningen, Nederland
📍 Generaal Foulkesweg, Wageningen, Gelderland, NL
📍 3992 LX Houten, Nederland
📍 Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Daniel Cahen · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Stephen James McWilliam · CC0
- 4. © oliverc29 · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © oliverc29 · CC BY 4.0
- 7. Wageningen, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Generaal Foulkesweg, Wageningen, Gelderland, NL:© christianpl03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 3992 LX Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 10. Netherlands:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Andricus aries is a species of gall-forming wasps, in the genus Andricus .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 47 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,703 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Ram's Horn Gall Wasp
- Nederlands
- Ramshoorngalwesp
- scientific name
- Andricus aries
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Cynipidae
- sightings in NL
- 47
- sightings in Europe
- 1,649
- sightings worldwide
- 1,703
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,987
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Cynipidae
#3515 📷 8Oak Marble Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Knikkergalwesp
Andricus kollari
👀 484 in NL
#3523 📷 10Common Spangle Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Gewone lensgalwesp
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
👀 226 in NL
#3524 📷 7Oak Apple Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Aardappelgalwesp
Biorhiza pallida
👀 226 in NL
#3525 📷 9Oak Artichoke Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Ananasgalwesp
Andricus foecundatrix
👀 211 in NL
#3530 📷 10Smooth Spangle Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Plaatjesgalwesp
Neuroterus albipes
👀 196 in NL
#3532 📷 10Striped Pea Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Eikenstuitergalwesp
Cynips longiventris
👀 180 in NL
#3534 📷 10Knopper Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Knoppergalwesp
Andricus quercuscalicis
👀 168 in NL
#3535 📷 8Cherry Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Galappelwesp
Cynips quercusfolii
👀 165 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 513296, Wikidata Q14678420, GBIF 4497180, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.