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green leaf axil galls - ? wasp galls

Description:

Like miniature olives, these bright green small 20mm long galls were growing at a leaf axil on a young eucalyptus tree.

Habitat:

Eucalyptus tree - ? species

Notes:

My thanks to Penelope Mills who suggests that these are galls made by a wasp. Species -unknown

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3 Comments

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

Thank you for looking at this Penelope and for your input. Will amend records. thanks again.

PenelopeMills2
PenelopeMills2 10 years ago

These galls might also be made by galling wasps.

Bernadette S
Bernadette S 11 years ago

Interesting spotting, Leuba! They really do look like olives, don't they?

Leuba Ridgway
Spotted by
Leuba Ridgway

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Sep 24, 2012
Submitted on Sep 27, 2012

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