Get ya Galls out for the boys

[Dan Curtis]

Petraea I think, you can just make out the petiole in one of the pictures, and looking at others I have I'd go petraea.

 

Not something I've seen before, and I had to look it up. Fairly uncommon from what I've read but most visible in May/June, forming on the male catkins of both native species.

 

The host tree was nearby to several others, but unfortunately I only got a close look at this one. It also contained old knopper galls.

[David Humphries]

Cheers Dan

 

was out camping with the tribe a couple of weeks back, the youngest went 'missing' (for about thirty minutes)

eventually found him hiding in the top of the tree that I pitched right next to

 

On finding the little rascal I also came noted that the whole of the canopy was literally covered in lime nail galls - Eriophyes tiliae

 

 

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[Dan Curtis]

 

On finding the little rascal I also came noted that the whole of the canopy was literally covered in lime nail galls - Eriophyes tiliae

 

 

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Crisis averted...............back to being a tree geek. Love it!

[David Humphries]

Crisis averted...............back to being a tree geek. Love it!

 

 

Is the pope catholic?

 

 

 

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[sloth]

Found this useful photographic gall ident type page when looking to id (what turns out to be) ash midrib gall...

http://www.hainaultforest.co.uk/3Other%20tree%20galls.htm

[David Humphries]

Have seen this before, very good images

 

 

 

 

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[Gary Prentice]

Eriophyes macrorynchus - this maple was covered in them

[Matthew Arnold]

On a young Oak.

[David Humphries]

On a young Oak.

 

Spangledangleyditious

 

 

 

 

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[russbushpig]

Loads of galls on a rosa I pruned today, just looked through this thread - robins pin cushion gall?