Have you ever seen these strange leafy growths on oak trees? They show up often in spring and many people mistake them for flowers. They’re actually leafy oak galls, one of the hundreds of unique galls created by tiny gall wasps in the family Cynipidae. When the female wasp lays an egg, the plant responds by forming this protective structure around the developing larva. Inside the gall, the larva feeds, grows, and eventually emerges as an adult wasp. Watch as we cut open one of these galls to re
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Have you ever seen Oak Apples (Gall Balls)? The oak apple gall wasp, Biorhiza pallida, is a tiny wasp that causes growths, or 'galls', on oak twigs. These galls can be found between May and June where the female has laid her eggs in the leaf bud. Inside the gall, there are a number of chambers, each housing a larva which eats its way out. Adults emerge in June and July. Thanks Andrew for sending this in.😁 | Get Wild
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