Leaf galls on Lime
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Leaf galls on Lime
Image: © Lairich Rig Taken: 1 Jun 2018
The galls are on one of the lime trees shown on the right in a view of the appropriately-named Image These distinctive galls are caused by the gall mite species Eriophyes exilis (syn. Aceria exilis).
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Image Location
Latitude
55.947305
Longitude
-4.570167