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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries » Unidentified Galls » Gall-like Structures Not Covered By BugGuide
Photo#795542
Diastrophus cuscutaeformis
Copyright © 2013 Tony DeSantis

Diastrophus cuscutaeformis
Dismal Swamp State Park, Camden County, North Carolina, USA
March 5, 2011
Gall on Rubus sp.
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Contributed by Tony DeSantis on 30 June, 2013 - 4:51pm
Last updated 8 May, 2020 - 8:47am

Moved
Moved from Non-arthropods Not Covered by BugGuide.
… John R. Maxwell, 8 May, 2020 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blackberry Seed Gall Wasp.
… john and jane balaban, 1 December, 2019 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

That's amazing
We would just have assumed it was Cuscuta!
… john and jane balaban, 30 June, 2013 - 10:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Cuscuta glomerata
Diastrophus cuscutaeformis would show chewed exit holes on spheres.
… Colin Purrington, 1 December, 2019 - 10:26am login or register to post comments

 
Cuscuta glomerata
I think that's what it is, given counterclockwise twining and presence (I think) of persistent styles on the fruit. A closeup of fruit would help.
… Colin Purrington, 1 December, 2019 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

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