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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Chestnut Gall Wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

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About

An invasive gall wasp from China that is the most damaging pest of chestnut trees worldwide. It induces galls on buds and leaves, reducing nut yields.

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Did You Know?

It reproduces entirely through parthenogenesis; no males have ever been found in any population.