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Lime nail gall Lime nail gall (Eriophyes tiliae)<br /> <br /> I actually thought that this where natural outgrowhs, but after searching for it I learned it are also galls, just not the round ones I used to know.<br /> Eriophyes tiliae,Geotagged,The Netherlands,gall Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Lime nail gall

Lime nail gall (Eriophyes tiliae)

I actually thought that this where natural outgrowhs, but after searching for it I learned it are also galls, just not the round ones I used to know.

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The Red Nail Gall Mite

"Eriophyes tiliae" is a mite that forms the lime nail gall or bugle gall. It develops in a chemically induced gall; an erect, oblique or curved distortion rising up from the upper surface of the leaves of the common lime tree "Tilia × europaea".

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Similar species: Endeostigmatan Mites
Species identified by Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Mar 10, 2013. Captured May 19, 2012 13:17 in Kempen Route, 5654 Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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  • SLT-A55V
  • f/4.0
  • 1/160s
  • ISO400
  • 90mm

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