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Acacia flower gall

Description:

This gall forms on flower buds of the silver wattle and the pink balls develop with curious dots where each floret would have been. Pic 2 is the healthy flower (cluster of florets). Pic 3 is the insect chamber.

Notes:

The undetermined tenant is possibly a wasp and its chamber is shown in the dissection.



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4 Comments

Leuba
Leuba 9 months ago

Sorry Martin, it was a rhetorical question - I know your maps are accurate. It's just great that you find all these weird and wonderful galls !!

martinl
martinl 9 months ago

My pin is now quite accurate. This fairly large acacia tree has more florets infested than not. Lincoln Rd has been very productive for me especially when mushrooms were prolific.

Leuba
Leuba 9 months ago

where do you find these - great !

Argy Bee
Argy Bee 9 months ago

Quite nice colours in there martin. At least wattles give us something of interest in August.

Victoria, Australia

Lat: -37.79, Long: 145.31

Spotted on Aug 2, 2012
Submitted on Aug 2, 2012

Spotted for mission

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