Category: Galls
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Andricus curvator
One of my regular strolls through the village takes me over a bridge that crosses the M4. Though noisy, it does afford access to the higher branches of the trees that grow along the motorway embankment below. In normal circumstances I’m left on the ground looking up at the branches way above my head, leaving…
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Cecidophyopsis psilaspis
Summer is a good time to look for galls on any number of plants and trees. It seems that there is always something that will trigger an adaption to the growth of a plant. Galls can be caused by insects such as wasps, mites (both of which are often the most obvious cause of galls)…
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