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Cecidomyiidae, a Common card
Cecidomyiidae is a family of flies known as gall midges or gall gnats.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 51
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Cecidomyiidae quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Cecidomyiidae card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
They are ______ by hairy wings, unusual in the order Diptera, and have long antennae.
Answer
characterised. They are characterised by hairy wings, unusual in the order Diptera, and have long antennae. From the Cecidomyiidae article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Ahom–Mughal conflicts. Ahom–Mughal conflicts 70 · Acalypha 67 · Cecidomyiidae 64 · Flowerpot 59 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Genre painting. Genre painting 24,000 · Western chimpanzee 19,000 · Cecidomyiidae 14,000 · Peary caribou 11,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- As the name implies, the larvae of most gall midges feed within plant tissue, creating abnormal plant growths called galls.
- Cecidomyiidae are very fragile small insects usually only 2–3 mm in length, many are less than 1 mm long.
- They are characterised by hairy wings, unusual in the order Diptera, and have long antennae.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Cecidomyiidae article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 51: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Cecidomyiidae
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Cecidomyiidae (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
