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Striped Pea Gall Wasp

Cynips longiventris

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 Alaska.January 465, February 343, March 538, April 846, May 1,220, June 1,330, July 1,423, August 1,224, September 899, October 671, November 367, December 286.
United States9,611
Alaska9,611
Germany455
France247
United Kingdom221
Poland189
Denmark182
Austria155
Netherlands154
England149

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
GenusCynips

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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