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insect galls? - Aceria parulmi

insect galls? - Aceria parulmi
Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
June 29, 2013

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insect galls? - Aceria parulmi insect galls? - Aceria parulmi insect galls? - Aceria parulmi

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mite galls.
By the size and shape of these galls they resemble Eriophyid mite galls.
If you know the plant species the mite gall former could be identified. I have a 1982 illustrated guide to mite galls that may be of help.

 
Mite gall
I think this was on an elm tree. And I found a photo that looks very similar: http://www.marylandinsects.com/images/Elm_Finger_Gall_Mite_Eriophyes_parulmi_on_elm.jpg

So it would be an elm finger gall mite

Thank you!

 
insect galls
I will look at non-cropped images and see if I can identify the plant but I'm not good at plant IDs either (my best ID'ing skills are mammals and birds to some extent). Mites surprise me as I think of them as tiny insects and these galls were somewhat larger (some maybe an inch long. Thanks

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