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Galls on red maple - Acericecis ocellaris
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Galls on red maple - Acericecis ocellaris
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
May 20, 2010
Size: 6mm

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Galls on red maple - Acericecis ocellaris Galls on red maple - Acericecis ocellaris
Contributed by tom murray on 21 May, 2010 - 9:03am

Nice one!
They are beautiful. Reminds me of galls I found on Roundleaf Greenbrier seen here.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 May, 2010 - 9:28am

 
funny face:-)
You got a nice one there Lynette! Mine was colorful, but just a bunch of them on the leaves.
… tom murray, 21 May, 2010 - 4:25pm

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