#3637 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Andricus quercustozae

Andricus quercustozae

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Thierry Arbault · CC BY 4.0
2. © wimhaze · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Duarte Frade · CC BY 4.0
5. © Hans Henrik Bruun · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Cédric de Foucault · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © alderash · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Andricus quercustozae is a species of gall wasp found in the Western Palaearctic. The species induces large round sticky galls on oaks. The species is associated with many parasitoids, inquilines, and other species which use the galls after the adult host wasp has emerged.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,912iNaturalist observations

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).