Oak apples??

[Hodge]

Took a large mature Oak down yesterday, there were small green and small burgundy "apples" on it, I squished em and they had a sweet smell, inside there was a bug, one of the lads said that it's a defence mechanism of the tree for when these bugs attack?? Is this true? What is the real name of them?? Cheers guys!

[jpbeaver]

Did they look like this? Oak Galls mate.

[Hodge]

No mate, they were the size of a pea and like an apple, you could squish em in ya fingers and inside there was a insect.

[David Humphries]

Possibly Gooseberry galls.

 

Did they look like these.......?

 

 

Galls

 

 

 

 

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[Hodge]

Yes that's them monkey, cheers.