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Galls

Galls

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Description:

Curly pink things on leaf in the woods

Habitat:

Shaded woods on leaf in north east indiana

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Galls

Galls
brian7burger
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Comments (3)
suzmonk
Hi, brian7burger. These are galls. Caused by an insect who injects chemicals into the plant ... the larvae develop inside and different insects make galls on different kinds of plants. Here's a Wikipedia link to get you started, if you want to look into it some more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall.
RiekoS
I have exactly the same which I did not post (I also have white colored ones). I am curious to know what they are too.

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