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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 ...

0 0 Winged gall dissection

Winged gall dissection

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This study of Gall forming Eriococcidae ...

2 1 Scale gall on eucalyptus

Scale gall on eucalyptus

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

(eriococcidae). The structure is about ...

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 ...

1 1 Stem gall

Stem gall

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

This is produced by a scale bug producing a chemical growth stimulant. This ...

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 ...

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 ...

5 5 Eucalyptus scale gall

Eucalyptus scale gall

by LeubaVictoria, Australia

Multiple little pimple galls on the upper surface of leaves showing clean cut ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

5 5 Cone galls

Cone galls

by ArgyBeeVictoria, Australia

Approx. 8mm tall conical woody leaf gall.

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 ...

1 0 eucalyptus leaf gall - scale induced

eucalyptus leaf gall - scale induced

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

These broadly dome-shaped galls with apical holes are female galls of a gall ...

3 5 Psyllid galls - male & female

Psyllid galls - male & female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

These are scale insect galls seen on the upper (adaxial) side of the leaf . The ...

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 ...

2 0 Bishop's Head gumtree gall -female

Bishop's Head gumtree gall -female

by Leuba RidgwayTaggerty, Victoria, Australia

A large ovoid gall about 25 mm long. The apex was truncated and the opening was ...

6 7 four winged gall

four winged gall

by martinlMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

9 7 Apiomorpha conica

Apiomorpha conica

by Argy BeeVictoria, Australia

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

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

2 0 Gall-inducing Scale Insect

Gall-inducing Scale Insect

by martinlVictoria, Australia

This acorn gall is built by a parasitic

3 0 Scale insect gall

Scale insect gall

by Leuba RidgwayLysterfield, Victoria, Australia

A number of galls seen on the leaf petiole. They had hollowed out collarswith ...

9 26 Spine headed apiomorph  (Eriococcid)

Spine headed apiomorph (Eriococcid)

by martinlVictoria, Australia

Gall-inducing Scale Insect (Eriococcidae) ...

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 3 Lobe-margin Felt Scale- female

Lobe-margin Felt Scale- female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

This soft scale looked like a 5 mm long and wide, slightly raised ...

0 13 Eriococcid Galls

Eriococcid Galls

by pamsaiMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

Galls or cecidia are outgrowths on the surface of lifeforms. Plant galls are ...

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 0 Eucalyptus Acorn Galls

Eucalyptus Acorn Galls

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

These galls are produced by tiny scale insects. The very small males produce ...

1 5 Four-winged gall

Four-winged gall

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Compare with four spined version here ...

5 1 Eucalyptus gall

Eucalyptus gall

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

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

10 26 Apiomorpha rosaeformis (scale insect gall)

Apiomorpha rosaeformis (scale insect gall)

by Neil RossQueensland, Australia

I didn't know what to make of this spotting so I contacted the Queensland ...

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