Get ya Galls out for the boys

[David Humphries]

Lets see ya Galls then........

 

Couple of Nail galls - Eriophyes tilae

 

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[Joe]

excellent shots, cheers for posting

[Stephen Blair]

what are they dave?

[David Humphries]

what are they dave?

 

Nothing of great significance Stevie, just the Trees reaction to the feeding on the leaves by Mites.

 

 

They look great though dont dey!

 

 

 

 

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[Stephen Blair]

Nothing of great significance Stevie, just the Trees reaction to the feeding on the leaves by Mites.

 

 

They look great though dont dey!

 

 

 

 

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not at all dave, very interesting. looks great, can you explain further please:001_smile:

[Mick Stockbridge]

Ive seen them before and wondered what they are, thanks for yet another piece of valuable info Dave. never know when a customer might quiz you up on em and now I know the answer.

[Mark Bolam]

Doh!

 

I thought it was a male leaf's response when it saw a fit female leaf!

 

It's a sad day when you learn nothing....

[Highland Forestry]

I've seen that quite often on ash trees.. always wondered what it was.

Cheers Dave!

[David Humphries]

I've seen that quite often on ash trees.. always wondered what it was.

Cheers Dave!

 

A common one on Ash is Dasineura fraxini - the Ash midrib gall.

 

Are the ones you've seen similar to the pictures above, or are they located on the leaf mid rib?

 

 

 

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[Highland Forestry]

The ones i've seen are all over the leaf, are smaller than the ones pictured and more often than not red in colour