Gall Makers
47 species with this diet
Acacia Thrips
Kladothrips waterhousei
An Australian gall-inducing thrips that creates enclosed galls on Acacia phyllodes. It exhibits a soldier caste that def...
African Acacia Ant
Pseudomyrmex sp. (African mimic: Tetraponera penzigi)
A slender ant inhabiting the swollen galls of whistling thorn acacias in East Africa. Multiple ant species compete for o...
Antipaluria Web Spinner
Antipaluria urichi
A large tropical web spinner from Trinidad and northern South America. It builds conspicuous silk galleries on the trunk...
Aposthonia Web Spinner
Aposthonia ceylonica
A web spinner from Sri Lanka and southern India found under bark and stones. It lives in communal silk galleries with mu...
Ash Bark Weevil
Magdalis armigera
A small black weevil that breeds under the bark of ash trees. Larvae create winding galleries in the cambium. Has become...
Australian Gall Thrips
Kladothrips intermedius
A eusocial thrips from Australia that induces galls on Acacia trees and defends them with a soldier caste. They are amon...
Bronze Birch Borer
Agrilus anxius
A native North American jewel beetle that is the most serious pest of birch trees. Larvae create winding galleries benea...
Common Web Spinner
Embia major
A dark brown web spinner that constructs silk galleries on tree bark and under stones. Males are winged while females ar...
Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid
Adelges cooleyi
A gall-forming adelgid that alternates between spruce and Douglas-fir. Cone-shaped galls on spruce tips are its most rec...
Disc-Headed Turtle Ant
Cephalotes varians
A small arboreal turtle ant in which soldiers have perfectly circular, flat heads that serve as living nest entrance plu...
Doorkeeper Ant
Colobopsis truncata
A European carpenter ant in which soldiers have uniquely flattened, plug-shaped heads used to block nest entrances in pl...
European Spruce Bark Beetle
Ips typographus
A major pest of spruce forests across Europe and Asia. Adults bore through bark to create characteristic gallery pattern...
Fighting Soldier Thrips
Oncothrips tepperi
A eusocial Australian thrips that forms colonies inside galls on Acacia trees with distinct reproductive and soldier cas...
Gall Wasp
Andricus quercuscalicis
A tiny wasp that induces knopper galls on oak acorns, deforming them completely....
Gall-forming Thrips
Klambothrips myopori
A tiny Australian thrips that induces galls on Myoporum plants. It was introduced to California as a biocontrol agent....
Grallatotermes Bark Termite
Grallatotermes africanus
An African arboreal termite that builds thin sheeting galleries over tree bark surfaces. Workers forage beneath these pr...
Great Capricorn Beetle
Cerambyx cerdo
One of Europe's largest longhorn beetles, with antennae longer than its body. Larvae bore deep galleries into living oak...
Hessian Fly
Mayetiola destructor
A tiny dark gall midge that is one of the most destructive pests of wheat and barley worldwide. Adults resemble small da...
Iberian Subterranean Termite
Reticulitermes grassei
A subterranean termite found in the Iberian Peninsula and southwestern France. Colonies build underground galleries in s...
Intermedius Schedorhinotermes
Schedorhinotermes intermedius
One of Australia's most common structural pest termites, known for its dimorphic soldier caste. Colonies nest in tree st...
Knapweed Gall Weevil
Bangasternus fausti
A weevil that induces galls in knapweed flower heads. Larvae develop inside the enlarged flower buds. Used in biological...
Mango Stem Borer
Batocera rubus
A large greyish-brown longhorn beetle that is a major pest of mango trees in South and Southeast Asia. Adults have robus...
Marsh Fritillary
Euphydryas aurinia
A colourful butterfly with a complex mosaic of orange, cream, and brown markings across its wings. It is the most rapidl...
Narrow-necked Ant Beetle
Dinarda dentata
A flattened, reddish-brown aleocharine rove beetle that inhabits Formica ant nests as a tolerated guest. Its flattened b...
Notoligotoma Web Spinner
Notoligotoma hardyi
An Australian web spinner found in tropical northern Australia. It builds silk galleries on tree trunks during the wet s...
Oak Apple Gall Wasp
Biorhiza pallida
A gall wasp that creates large spongy apple-like galls on oak twigs. It has an alternating sexual and asexual generation...
Oak Marble Gall Wasp
Andricus kollari
A tiny wasp that induces marble-shaped galls on oak twigs where its larvae develop. The galls were historically used to ...
Orange Wheat Blossom Midge
Sitodiplosis mosellana
A small orange-colored gall midge that lays eggs in wheat flowers. Its bright orange larvae feed on developing wheat gra...
Oregon Oak Gall Wasp
Besbicus mirabilis
A gall wasp that induces conspicuous galls on Oregon white oak in western North America. Galls form on leaf veins and ca...
Plantain Gall Weevil
Mecinus pyraster
A small cylindrical weevil that causes stem galls on plantain. Larvae develop inside swollen plant stems. An inconspicuo...
Polar Willow Gall Sawfly
Euura arcticum
A tiny sawfly that induces galls on Arctic willow stems by injecting chemicals during egg-laying. The larva develops saf...
Robin's Pincushion Gall Wasp
Diplolepis rosae
A gall wasp that forms spectacular mossy red-green growths on wild roses. Each gall may contain up to 60 larval chambers...
Rose Midge
Dasineura rhodophaga
A tiny gall midge whose larvae develop inside rose buds, causing them to blacken and fail to open. Adults are delicate y...
Rose-stem Gall Wasp
Diplolepis spinosa
A gall wasp that creates spiny galls on the stems of wild roses in North America. Each gall contains a single larval cel...
Rosette Gall Midge
Dasineura urticae
A tiny midge that causes distinctive rosette galls on the tips of stinging nettles. The growing tip is stunted and swoll...
Small Poplar Borer
Saperda populnea
A smaller relative of S. carcharias with yellowish-green pubescence and a row of spots along the elytral suture. It atta...
South American Tree Termite
Nasutitermes similis
A common Neotropical nasute termite building carton nests on trees throughout South American forests. Colonies are moder...
Splendid Ghost Moth
Aenetus ligniveren
A large, primitive moth with bright green and white patterned wings. Its larvae bore into tree trunks and live inside ga...
Spruce Gall Adelgid
Adelges abietis
A tiny woolly aphid-like insect that induces distinctive pineapple-shaped galls on Norway spruce twigs. The galls form w...
Sumac Gall Aphid
Melaphis rhois
A gall-forming aphid that produces large hollow galls on sumac trees in which colonies live and reproduce. Soldier nymph...
Swede Midge
Contarinia nasturtii
A minute yellowish-brown gall midge that attacks brassica crops by distorting growing points. Its tiny larvae feed insid...
Tapestry Moth
Trichophaga tapetzella
A distinctive clothes moth with whitish forewings and a dark brownish-black base. It creates extensive silk galleries th...
Thistle Gall Wasp
Isocolus scabiosae
A minute gall-inducing wasp that forms swellings on knapweed flower heads. It has been studied as a potential biocontrol...
Tropical Rough-headed Termite
Heterotermes tenuis
A Neotropical subterranean termite and significant sugarcane pest in Brazil. Colonies are diffuse with interconnected su...
Tube-Making Caddis
Psychomyia flavida
A small caddisfly whose larvae build silken tubes cemented to rock surfaces in rivers. The tubes create a network of gal...
Valentine Ant
Crematogaster cerasi
A North American acrobat ant common in deciduous forests and suburban yards. They typically nest in dead branches and ol...
Woolly Apple Aphid
Eriosoma lanigerum
An aphid covered in waxy white filaments that forms colonies on apple tree bark and roots. Heavy infestations cause gall...