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Selitrichodes sp
Two finger-like 55mm long, firm brown galls with numerous minute holes all around and along the length of the galls. The galls were otherwise complete with no openings. Some of the leaves showed dark hard blister-like galls.
Spotted on a Eucalyptus tree -possibly Red Gum
The holes on the galls were different sizes and looked like they were made by ? parasitic wasps. My thanks to Ken Walker for the ID. He says "Many of these galls are caused by Eulophidae parasitic wasps. They form the most oddest of shapes".
Spotted on Aug 19, 2013
Submitted on Aug 22, 2013
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I agree it looks like a parasitic wasp quite that is comprehensively distorting the stem.
The leaf features look similar to the volcano gall.