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Lime nail gall

Eriophyes tiliae

Photo by MickGrant
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Field Notes

Description:

Walking along an edge of the woods at the community college I spotted these growths from the leaves of a bush - Thanks Makita and Dandoucette for helping to ID this growth.

Habitat:

Rough woodland by a stream

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
auntnance123
Found this: http://insects.tamu.edu/extension/publications/epubs/e-397.cfm. don't know if it will help but it seems to have some good info. (fungi and viruses cause galls too; who knew)
MickGrant
Ashish we are South of the Canadian border by approx 750 km
Ashish
Oh...Ohio is like cold Canada...!!
MickGrant
Ashish I wish I could grow Fig here - Only in a Green House I think the winters are too cold.
Ashish
Find a Cluster fig tree, thats very good Gall leaf observed plant.
MickGrant
Dreamfalcon and Ashish I read today after trying to find something on the web that the maple has a small gnat that causes this on that tree - I've not really nailed the tree here. Maybe the white Elm?
dreamfalcon
It could be some sort of Gall wasp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynipidae
auntnance123
I've seen them before and if I recal they are the galls of a fly of some sort (don't hold me to the fly part, but they are galls)

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