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To: Eric in the Ozarks

You sent me this picture. What the heck is it?

/johnny

63 posted on 07/27/2014 12:20:29 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

That is a very good question


64 posted on 07/27/2014 12:25:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: JRandomFreeper

It’s a collection of galls.

Mites or small wasps deposit eggs in the leaves of trees or vines. The “deposit” contains food for the egg.

The leaf reacts to these deposits by walling off the eggs with these “bumps.”

Brown bumps on oak leaves are more common. This is the first time I’ve seen little red horns like this.


65 posted on 07/27/2014 12:51:51 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Rip it out by the roots.)
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