Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Insects › Gall Wasps

Succulent Oak Gall Wasp

Dryocosmus quercuspalustris

Learn Succulent Oak Gall Wasp freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ericpo1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 11, February 11, March 17, April 34, May 65, June 30, July 23, August 21, September 22, October 18, November 11, December 10.
United States2,111
Canada319
Ontario271
Ohio266
Virginia255
Massachusetts254
New York239
Pennsylvania172
Texas143
Maryland142

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyGall Wasps · Cynipidae
GenusDryocosmus

Study it in a deck

Or build your own from the species near you.

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Succulent Oak Gall Wasp with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works