#3534 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Knopper Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Knoppergalwesp ·Andricus quercuscalicis
📍 Wakkerendijk, Eemnes, Utrecht, NL
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Alkmaar, Nederland
📍 Het Lingebos, Vuren, Gelderland, NL
📍 3921 Elst, Nederland
📍 Leidschendam, Nederland
📍 3514 AM Utrecht, Pays-Bas
📍 5176 De Moer, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © AnemoneProjectors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Ahmed Mujčinović · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. Wakkerendijk, Eemnes, Utrecht, NL:© jacobuseek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 5. Alkmaar, Nederland:© Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Het Lingebos, Vuren, Gelderland, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0
- 7. 3921 Elst, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 3514 AM Utrecht, Pays-Bas:© Antoine Guiguet · CC BY 4.0
- 10. 5176 De Moer, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Andricus quercuscalicis is a gall wasp species inducing knopper galls.
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 168 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #32 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
- 8,424 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Knopper Gall Wasp
- Nederlands
- Knoppergalwesp
- scientific name
- Andricus quercuscalicis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Cynipidae
- sightings in NL
- 168
- sightings in Europe
- 8,101
- sightings worldwide
- 8,424
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,364
- 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
#3535 📷 8Cherry Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Galappelwesp
Cynips quercusfolii
👀 165 in NL
#3537 📷 7Silk-Button Spangle Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Satijnen knoopjesgalwesp
Neuroterus numismalis
👀 150 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 127732, Wikidata Q4759305, GBIF 4497124, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.