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Amphibolips confluenta
A look inside the gall made by an Oak Apple Gall Wasp. This very large gall grows up to two inches wide, but is usually golf-ball sized. Apple galls have a thin, papery shell and are spongy inside. Though round, the gall itself is actually a mutated leaf. They are green and pliable at first, turning brown and somewhat brittle or hard later (as a leaf would). See an unopened sighting here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/256...
Oak Apple Galls are found anywhere there are oak trees.
Spotted along the trail at the Allatoona Pass Battlefield.
Spotted on May 2, 2014
Submitted on Jun 30, 2014
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