Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Same Oak, Different Gall

Looking a bit like mushrooms, these galls on the leaves of this white oak in Green-Wood are the results of yet another Cynipidae gall wasp, Phylloteras poculum. Mine was the third iNaturalist report of this species. I tracked the species down on bugguide.net. Bugguide.net doesn’t have an image of the actual (tiny) wasp.

So this one oak tree has a minimum of three different galls on it.

mthew

2 responses to “Same Oak, Different Gall”

  1. africanbirding

    Reblogged this on Wolf's Birding and Bonsai Blog.

    Reply
  2. Galls Again | Backyard and Beyond

    […] This one white oak in Green-Wood has at least four gall-forcing species on it. These three were evidenced on fallen leaves and twigs. (Here’s the fourth.) […]

    Reply

Leave a comment