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4 7 Two-tailed Eucalypt Gaul

Two-tailed Eucalypt Gaul

by MacChristiansenNew South Wales, Australia

1 5 Urn gall

Urn gall

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

This thin stem gall is induced by a scale insect (Hemiptera). The insect has ...

3 6 Urn gall

Urn gall

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This woody stem gall is produced by the tree by the influence of this bug. It ...

9 7 Apiomorpha conica

Apiomorpha conica

by Argy BeeVictoria, Australia

A most unusual and large stem gall with finely engineered opening at one end ...

5 0 Eucalyptus gall

Eucalyptus gall

by Leuba RidgwayLysterfield, Victoria, Australia

A smooth ovoid gall about 7 mm long apparently arising from the stem at the ...

0 2 Sugar Ant

Sugar Ant

by martinlVictoria, Australia

insect - Apiomorpha munita).

0 0 eriococcid leaf gall -1

eriococcid leaf gall -1

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

A solitary small (7mm) trumpet shaped gall on eucalyptus leaf with an apical ...

2 2 Eucalyptus galls

Eucalyptus galls

by Leuba RidgwayRowville, Victoria, Australia

A female gall about 35 mm long with a smooth exterior, arising from the stem. ...

5 1 Eucalyptus gall

Eucalyptus gall

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This strange green gall has appeared among the new flower buds on a common ...

3 4 Eriococcid gall with male galls

Eriococcid gall with male galls

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This stem gall produced by a hemipteran coccid bug is a female with male gall ...

1 1 Eriococcidae gall

Eriococcidae gall

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A large gall appearing as a stressed and twisted leaf. The thickened base ...

1 1 Four-horned gumtree gall

Four-horned gumtree gall

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Pic 1 shows a female gall with four winged horns. The gall was semi dry and ...

0 0 Eucalyptus Scale Gall

Eucalyptus Scale Gall

by pamsaiVictoria, Australia

A type of gall... A Four-horned gumtree gall, with the horns broken off. It's ...

0 0 Scale gall on eucalyptus

Scale gall on eucalyptus

by pamsaiVictoria, Australia

Thank to Mark and Martin for the ID of this one. We were all together when we ...

10 26 Apiomorpha rosaeformis (scale insect gall)

Apiomorpha rosaeformis (scale insect gall)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

to different insects. See the following link: ...

1 3 Volcano galls

Volcano galls

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

Like miniature chimney stacks, about 3 or 4mm tall with apical openings.

6 7 four winged gall

four winged gall

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

The female bug causes gall growth with a distinctive four pointed structure ...

1 1 Eucalyptus Scale Gall

Eucalyptus Scale Gall

by pamsaiVictoria, Australia

The first two photos are of dry galls, but the last photo is green and probably ...

7 5 Acorn gall dissection

Acorn gall dissection

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Gall forming hemipteran bug. This bug is female and lays her eggs through the ...

0 3 Minor Apiomorpha

Minor Apiomorpha

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Small urn-shaped woody galls on eucalyptus tree stems. The narrower ends of the ...

0 5 E globulus stem gall

E globulus stem gall

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

. Unlike Apiomorpha it was laterally ...

5 2 Apiomorpha leaf gall - male

Apiomorpha leaf gall - male

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Small cylindrical galls with fluted surface arising mostly from ruptured upper ...

3 5 Terete-horned apiomorph

Terete-horned apiomorph

by martinlVictoria, Australia

A cluster of purple galls growing around a branch and entirely surrounding a ...

1 0 Gall forming scale insect

Gall forming scale insect

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

small white-ish female eriococcid bug (cut away) inside a large gall growth. ...

2 1 Scale gall on eucalyptus

Scale gall on eucalyptus

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

An amphora shaped gall formed on the small stem of eucalyptus by a female scale ...

0 3 Eucalyptus gall

Eucalyptus gall

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This solitary gall was about 20 mm long, arising straight out of and at an ...

2 0 Gall-inducing Scale Insect

Gall-inducing Scale Insect

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This acorn gall is built by a parasitic Eriococcidae bug. But wait, a hole in ...

1 0 Apiomorpha gall - female

Apiomorpha gall - female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Galls about 20 mm long. They had slightly thick bases and rose straight from ...

2 0 Eucalyptus galls - male & female

Eucalyptus galls - male & female

by Leuba RidgwayRowville, Victoria, Australia

In pic 1 the broad leafy-looking gall with ridges is the female gall and ...

7 7 Gall-inducing Scale Insect

Gall-inducing Scale Insect

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This specialized bug has no wings, no eyes and hardly even legs. Woody gall ...

5 10 Four-horned Gumtree Gall

Four-horned Gumtree Gall

by pamsaiVictoria, Australia

Some sort of gall on eucalyptus. I think they are male as the tubes have holes ...

8 7 Four-winged eucalyptus gall

Four-winged eucalyptus gall

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

These are four winged galls induced by an eriococcid gall-forming scale insect ...

8 4 Eucalyptus leaf gall

Eucalyptus leaf gall

by Mark RidgwayLysterfield, Victoria, Australia

A very unusual leaf vein ?gall about 15mm tall, very lumpy appearance, ...

0 0 spindle headed gall

spindle headed gall

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

These galls began to appear earlier this year but at the end of summer all ...

2 6 Four-horned Gumtree Gall

Four-horned Gumtree Gall

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This tough gall is on a stem of Eucalyptus obvata? The most obvious features of ...

1 3 Young Eriococcid gall - 2

Young Eriococcid gall - 2

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

Like a miniature zucchini, this green stem gall was about 10mm long. The upper ...

3 0 Urn gall - female

Urn gall - female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Elongated urn shaped galls with flared free ends were spotted on stems of this ...

1 0 Spindle headed Gall

Spindle headed Gall

by Leuba RidgwayLysterfield, Victoria, Australia

All these galls were seen on the one tree and were cylindrical and about 6 to 7 ...

1 5 Four winged gall (Eriococcidae)

Four winged gall (Eriococcidae)

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A gall bug (Hemiptera) induces the plant to grow this four-winged leafy clump ...

4 0 Eucalyptus Gall

Eucalyptus Gall

by Leuba RidgwayRowville, Victoria, Australia

An elongated gall about 20 mm long with a short stalk arising from a slender ...

9 26 Spine headed apiomorph  (Eriococcid)

Spine headed apiomorph (Eriococcid)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Gall-inducing Scale Insect (Eriococcidae) Female gall has curious bell shaped ...

0 0 Eucalyptus Acorn Galls

Eucalyptus Acorn Galls

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

formed on the stems of the plant nor on the sides of the female galls.

1 5 Four-winged gall

Four-winged gall

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Compare with four spined version here ...

0 0 Eucalyptus Stem Gall -female

Eucalyptus Stem Gall -female

by Leuba RidgwayNSW, Australia

An almost cylindrical gall with a slightly broader base (point of attachment to ...

0 0 Eucalyptus stem gall - Wasp gall

Eucalyptus stem gall - Wasp gall

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Large woody galls about 50 mm long and 40mm wide seen around branchlets of a ...

0 0 Four-horned Gumtree Gall (female & males)

Four-horned Gumtree Gall (female & males)

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Pic 1 shows a young female eriococcid gall with four narrow blade-like horns. ...

4 0 Scale insect gall

Scale insect gall

by Leuba RidgwayNarbethong, Victoria, Australia

Probably two galls - a small egg shaped brown gall with a small apical opening ...

1 1 Grey Tmarus

Grey Tmarus

by LeubaMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

and grey perfectly matching the colour of a dried eucalyptus gall (

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