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Leaf gall on Quercus marilandica - Polystepha pilulae
Copyright © 2020 Victor Engel

Leaf gall on Quercus marilandica - Polystepha pilulae
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
December 14, 2019
Gall on Quercus marilandica. Several leaves on this tree were infected. I may go back to collect more if the tree becomes similarly infected in 2020 and try to rear whatever is causing the gall. It's a gall I don't recognize.
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Contributed by Victor Engel on 8 March, 2020 - 10:01pm
Last updated 9 March, 2020 - 8:47am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Victor Engel, 9 March, 2020 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

Maybe this is the same (black
Maybe this is the same (blackjack oak = Q. marilandica).

… Victor Engel, 9 March, 2020 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

Maybe something similar to Ac
Maybe something similar to Acraspis?
… Victor Engel, 8 March, 2020 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

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