Common Spangle Wasp Galls
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Common Spangle Wasp Galls
Image: © Phil Brandon Hunter Taken: 29 Aug 2022
The Common Spangle Wasp Gall (caused by the Cynipini wasp species Neuroterus albipes). On the underside of an oak leaf. Limes Land, Tenterden, Kent. The gall wasp larvae induce the plant to produce the abnormal growths known as galls. Ref:PG121502ag.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.069347
Longitude
0.704101