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Grape Phylloxera
I have no idea what this is, perhaps an insect or a fungal infestation of a what I think is wild grape leaf. Any help with identification would be appreciated.
Border of woods in southeastern PA USA
Spotted on Sep 16, 2011
Submitted on Oct 4, 2011
4 Comments
Neat find! This would be a good addition to my new mission for Arthropod Galls!
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/1473...
Thank you for the suggestion KarenL.
And thank you dandoucette for the link. I haven't read the whole article on Phylloxera yet, but from what I did read in scanning the wiki article, it does sound like that's what it is. I had never heard of an insect gall before!
This is an insect gall, possibly caused by Grape Phylloxera.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylloxera
Looks like some kind of gall - maybe grape tumid gallmaker?