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Gall Growing on a twig from a plant that was either dead or just hadn&#039;t produced any buds yet.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79567/gall.html" title="Gall"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/79567_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=FFIljMYiZO0rxZragvtsAYXPh5g%3D" width="200" height="156" alt="Gall (Split open)<br /> <br /> Growing on a twig from a plant that was either dead or just hadn&#039;t produced any buds yet.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79565/gall.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79566/gall.html Geotagged,Spring,United States,gall" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79566/gall.html" title="Gall"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/79566_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=qnBkJXCTjH8sm6ahcg%2F2FTqdetg%3D" width="200" height="156" alt="Gall (Split open)<br /> <br /> Growing on a twig from a plant that was either dead or just hadn&#039;t produced any buds yet.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79565/gall.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79567/gall.html Geotagged,Spring,United States,gall" /></a></figure> Geotagged,Spring,United States,gall Click/tap to enlarge

Gall

Growing on a twig from a plant that was either dead or just hadn't produced any buds yet.

Habitat: Deciduous forest

Gall (Split open)<br /> <br /> Growing on a twig from a plant that was either dead or just hadn't produced any buds yet.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79565/gall.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79566/gall.html Geotagged,Spring,United States,gall

Gall (Split open)<br /> <br /> Growing on a twig from a plant that was either dead or just hadn't produced any buds yet.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Deciduous forest<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79565/gall.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/79567/gall.html Geotagged,Spring,United States,gall

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  1. View Flown Kimmerling's profile
    Flown Kimmerling
    Lion
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    What do you think of Round Bullet Gall Wasp (Disholcaspis quercusglobulus)?
    Round Bullet Gall Wasp (Disholcaspis quercusglobulus) Not really sure if the species-level ID is good here.Growing on an oak (likely Quercus montana) twig at the edge of a dense mixed forest. Andricus kollari,Bullet Gall Wasp,Disholcaspis quercusglobulus,Fall,Geotagged,Oak marble gall,United States

    Bullet Gall Wasp (Disholcaspis quercusglobulus) Galls on oak (Quercus sp.) stem.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64088/bullet_gall_wasp_disholcaspis_quercusglobulus.html<br /> <br /> Host plant:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/64090/bullet_gall_wasp_disholcaspis_quercusglobulus.html Disholcaspis quercusglobulus,Geotagged,Summer,United States
     Posted 5 years ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
      Lion
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      Thanks for the suggestion! I definitely think it's a good possibility, I'm just not totally sure because in the center of the gall was a hard ball, which I can't find represented in the photos online. Maybe it was parasitized or whatever? Posted 5 years ago

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Uploaded May 26, 2019. Captured Apr 21, 2019 13:10 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/64s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm

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