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Wool sower galls are found primarily on white oak trees (Quercus alba) but also may be found on chestnut (Q. montana), swamp chestnut (Q. michauxii ) and swamp white oaks (Q. bicolor).

The other gall I found, which was on a different tree, was an oak leaf pocket gall. This gall is produced by a one-eight-inch-long fly, or midge, called Macrodiplesis quercusoroca.

Oak trees are host to at least 500 beneficial insects and caterpillars, as well as the birds who eat them, so can have a very negative environmental impact. I recommend watchful waiting and ...

In the U.S., there are nearly 1,500 species of insects that produce galls as part of their life cycle, and each species makes their galls on only one particular area of one type of plant.

Galls are odd growths found on plants. Sometimes they are papery brown orbs on oak leaves, swollen balls on goldenrod stems, bulging kidney-shaped bumps on blueberry branches, or white woolly ...

Jumping oak galls are caused by a very tiny, native, stingless wasp (Neuroterus sp.) which lays eggs in leaf buds. As the leaf develops, pinhead-sized galls, also referred to as abnormal plant ...

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