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Rabdophaga strobiloides
Galls are generally thumb-sized and do look like pine cones.
These were on a willow in a riparian corridor through an otherwise oak-pine woodland interrupted by open fields.
The galls each house a single gall fly larvae.
Spotted on Jan 5, 2012
Submitted on Dec 20, 2012
2 Comments
I see tons of these...
Cool spotting; they also look a little like milkweed pods