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Insect Galls? - Polystepha

Radford, Virginia, USA
January 29, 2013

The leaf was like this one.

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Insect Galls? - Polystepha

Insect Galls? - Polystepha

Contributed by Nancy Kent on 29 January, 2013 - 1:02pm
Last updated 14 March, 2023 - 2:29pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Galls.

… Joshua C'deBaca, 14 March, 2023 - 1:34pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John F. Carr, 3 March, 2013 - 2:28pm

Red Oak

Looks like a shade leaf (very broad) of Red Oak (Quercus rubra; check against leaf photo in bottom row of linked gallery from Wildwood Park.

… John Pearson, 30 January, 2013 - 3:22pm

Yes, thanks,

John, I agree. Wildwood is where I found the leaf.
Do you have any idea about the galls?

… Nancy Kent, 30 January, 2013 - 7:26pm

cynipid wasps...

...would be a good guess, but that's a pretty general answer. I'll defer to Charley Eiseman.

… John Pearson, 30 January, 2013 - 8:04pm

Yep,

Charley will figure them out:)

… Nancy Kent, 30 January, 2013 - 8:05pm

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