Fig gall on wych elm
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Fig gall on wych elm
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 4 Jun 2010
The tree on which this gall was growing stands between the River Leven and the adjacent section of cycle route (that section is shown in Image). Many of these galls were present on the tree, and some leaves bore more than one of them, as shown in Image By late July, they had become brown and dried-up in appearance. These fairly large, stalked galls go by the common name of "fig galls". They are produced by a species of aphid, Tetraneura ulmi.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.966562
Longitude
-4.577694