#plantgall — Public Fediverse posts

@ultrazool If you're getting down with the clover leaves look out for these : leaflet folded up and thickened along the midrib. Inside, potentially, a little wriggly midge larva.

#PlantGall #DasineuraTrifolii

Now this one will get all of the "weird biology" freaks excited. Behold! An abandon plant gall covered in multiple species of lichen!

I can't help but think of how it looks like a little planet, like it's a tiny world all to itself...

Plants, insects, fungi, bacteria all interacting to create this.

This photo is from razehider.tumblr.com and they have more photos of for you at this link: https://www.tumblr.com/razehider/755923087578546176/the-lichen-gall-i-posted-about-a-while-back-is?source=share

#LichenSubscribe #plantGall #theGall #wasps #Hymenoptera

Here's another nice #plantgall. On a large Copper Beach #tree in our garden.

Visible are Mikiola fagi (gall midge) and Aceria, a gall mite.

Tree is fine btw. It's just #biodiversity doing its thing 🙂

edit: solidifying this type of biodiversity is what "paper stuff" like europe's Nature Restoration Law is about @ https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/112631713298650339

#gardening #plant #gall

About time I encouraged #iNaturalist contributors to look for certain galls. I've taken the #BritishPlantGallSociety #GallOfTheWeek which, prompted by their tweet, I looked for yesterday.

Project Journal : https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/plant-galls-of-britain-ireland/journal/94308-plant-gall-society-gall-of-the-week-aceria-tenella-on-hornbeam

#PlantGall #BPGS #AceriaTenella #Hornbeam #CarpinusBetulinum

Last time I posted a #plantgall someone asked to see the #insect inside. Normally I don't cut them open but for once, here goes. #nature #photo #animal #environment

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@plants

Photo of a very apple like #plantgall (Trigonaspis megaptera according to my expert 😸) growing on oak seedlings. #woodland #forest #nature @plants

*plantgalls are purpose grown clumps or hard balls on leaves and woody parts of trees, housing small insects (tiny wasps etc.)