#3607 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Oyster Gall Wasp
🇳🇱 Oestergalwesp ·Neuroterus anthracinus
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what is it?
Neuroterus anthracinus is a widely distributed gall wasp that forms chemically induced leaf galls on oak trees. N. anthracinus has both sexual and agamic generations and in consequence forms two distinct galls, the oyster gall and April-bud gall.
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 32 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,472 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Oyster Gall Wasp
- Nederlands
- Oestergalwesp
- scientific name
- Neuroterus anthracinus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Cynipidae
- sightings in NL
- 32
- sightings in Europe
- 2,886
- sightings worldwide
- 3,472
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,113
- 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 504552, Wikidata Q14529693, GBIF 4496851, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.