Common Spangle galls by durleybeachbum

Photography • Insects • posted on Aug 22, 2013

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Description

on Oak. They house the larvae of the asexual generation of the gall wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum. I have never seen so many red hairs on them before!

Comments (20)

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sandra46

4:36PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

GREAT CAPTURE

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kaward

4:41PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

What a great find! Such a great abstract too!

alanwilliams

4:53PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

amazing

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goodoleboy

5:17PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

What hath God wrought. Outstanding capture of botanical items I'd never seen or heard of before, Andrea. Love the colors and texture.

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

6:19PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

So many. What a great shot my friend.

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Faemike55

7:26PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

never heard of them either, but it looks cool Great capture

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MrsRatbag

7:39PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

Wow! I wouldn't know what I was seeing if I saw these out there in the wild; amazing the varieties nature gives us. Spectacular find and capture, Andrea!

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monjo71

8:22PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

Great find and well captured!

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Jay-el-Jay

8:44PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

I have seen things similar to this before and have wondered what it was.Now,I know.Thanks.

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kgb224

9:29PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

whaleman

11:47PM | Thu, 22 August 2013

I have both of my Bur Oaks covered in galls but they look quite different from yours. My trees seem to be collecting different bad things. :(

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wysiwig

1:04AM | Fri, 23 August 2013

Fascinating. I never would have guessed these were wasp larvae. I would have thought they were some sort of plant parasite. I always learn something in this gallery.

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