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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Mites and Ticks (Acari) » Acariformes » Trombidiformes » Prostigs (Prostigmata) » Eleutherengona » Raphignathina » Eriophyoidea » Gall mites (Eriophyidae) » Eriophyes » Eriophyes cerasicrumena
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Found on pear tree - Eriophyes cerasicrumena
Copyright © 2017 Joeykat

Found on pear tree - Eriophyes cerasicrumena
Athol, Massachusetts, USA
May 25, 2017
Size: Each is very little.

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Contributed by Joeykat on 25 May, 2017 - 4:27pm
Last updated 26 May, 2017 - 11:26am

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Yes, it would be weird to find these on a pear tree. The photo in your link looks like pear.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 May, 2017 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

Mite galls
These look like galls of Eriophyes cerasicrumena, which only occur on black cherry. These look a lot like black cherry leaves--are you sure it's a pear?
… Charley Eiseman, 26 May, 2017 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

 
Pear tree picture
Charley, this is a link to an online pic of what the leaves and fruit buds look like on our tree. https://delange.org/Pear_Tree/Starking_Delicious_%20Pear_Tree_Immature_Fruit_Buds.jpg
… Joeykat, 26 May, 2017 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

 
Mite galls
Hi Charley, they do look like those galls, and the leaves do look like black cherry. There is a black cherry tree next to the pear tree, and it looks like they both have them. I could be wrong about the tree ID, but I'll have to keep an eye on them to be sure. I'll try to upload a picture of the fruit buds later on to help. Would it be weird to find these on a pear tree? BTW, I don't think the pears are edible. But that might just be due to the lack of care.
… Joeykat, 26 May, 2017 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

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