#3520 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Mossy Rose Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Rozenmosgalwesp ·Diplolepis rosae
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what is it?
The rose bedeguar gall , Robin's pincushion gall , or moss gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of an unopened leaf axillary or terminal buds, mostly on field rose ( Rosa arvensis ) or dog rose ( Rosa canina ) shrubs, caused by the parthenogenetic hymenopteran gall wasp ( Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758)), previous synonyms are D. bedeguaris , Rhodites rosae or Cynips rosae .
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 320 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
- 28,501 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mossy Rose Gall Wasp
- Nederlands
- Rozenmosgalwesp
- scientific name
- Diplolepis rosae
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Diplolepididae
- sightings in NL
- 320
- sightings in Europe
- 22,487
- sightings worldwide
- 28,501
- GBIF records in NL
- 12,725
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 205320, Wikidata Q1457797, GBIF 5032718, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.