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Spiny Witch Hazel Gall Aphid - Hamamelistes spinosus
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Spiny Witch Hazel Gall Aphid - Hamamelistes spinosus
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
December 25, 2010
This was on a Witch Hazel bush.
Contributed by tom murray on 27 December, 2010 - 8:46pm
Last updated 29 December, 2010 - 5:56pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Galls. Somehow no one has submitted a photo of one of these before. Maybe because they're easily mistaken for fruits, if one doesn't know what witch hazel fruits look like.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 December, 2010 - 1:31pm

 
Spiny Witch Hazel Gall
It was too cold to find bugs, so I went out looking for galls, and found a few that looked different. Charlie, thanks for identifying this.
… tom murray, 29 December, 2010 - 5:59pm

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