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Bedeguar Gall Wasp - Diplolepis rosae
The female insects are about 4 mm long; parts of their abdomens and legs are an amber/chestnut colour, while the rest of the body is black. The male (length of about 3 mm) is very rare. It is black and its legs are bi-coloured.
The gall is more likely to be seen than the adult wasp. This develops on a bud, into a large mass of long stiff branched hairs, green at first then red, and can be very numerous. There are usually several chambers inside, and there are usually inquilines or parasitoids. Occasionally small galls develop on leaves or hips.
The rare Diplolepis mayri has similar galls, but with stiff unbranched spines; it has not been recorded in VC55
Anywhere that the Dog-rose plant is found.
From May onwards.
A Bedeguar Gall (also known as Robin's Pincushion) is not the product of a single larva but a group of larvae, each residing in their own chamber within the gall. Diplolepis rosae overwinters in the gall emerging as adult wasps in spring. The adult wasps reproduce not needing males i.e. parthenogenetically.
Fairly common throughout Britain.
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Robin's Pin-Cushion Gall, Bedeguar Gall, Rose Bedeguar Causer
- Species group:
- Bees, Wasps, Ants
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Cynipidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 418
- First record:
- 02/09/2005 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 24/10/2024 (Graves, Hazel)
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