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Apiomorpha munita tereticornuta. males on female gall
A cluster of purple galls growing around a branch and entirely surrounding a female gall. Pic #3 shows older galls, being last years growth. The tiny males have long departed leaving their dried shells behind and females are the larger 'still nearly green' structures.
On a roadside eucalyptus tree
This link shows the dissected female. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127... http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...
Sorry to trick you. The female galls look like this
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/916...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/127...
I clicked on this spotting believing that this is a flower. What a nice find!
I don't know Leuba, it seems too distinctive, but other species use this same coloring
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/111...
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/139...
nice little bunch. I always wonder if there is a purpose for such nice colouring- anthocyanin pigments for protection, perhaps?
Spotted on Nov 25, 2012
Submitted on Nov 27, 2012
