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| Antron quercusechinus gall on blue oak leaf, 9/6/10 |
Monday, September 6, 2010
Antron quercusechinus
This small gall is created on oak leaves by Antron quercusechinus, the Urchin gall wasp. It chemically induces the tree to grow the gall in which it lives. Quite a neat trick. These were on a Blue Oak in Round Valley.
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They look like sea anemones!
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