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5mm wide. Red and fuzzy. soft to the touch, but firmly attached to the midvein of a White Oak leaf.
Urban garden.
I believe this gall was created by an insect. My guess would be a Gall wasp.
Spotted on Jul 8, 2012
Submitted on Jul 10, 2012
2 Comments
Well, a gall is a plant's reaction to some kind of invasive element, like a virus, fungus or insect. Why particular galls takes on the characteristics that they do, I have no idea. This was a neat one that I have not seen before.
I've never understood exactly what a gall is... And how can one be so pretty and fuzzy!?