2022
TQ8933 : Marble Wasp Gall
taken 2 years ago, near to Leigh Green, Kent, England
Marble Wasp Gall
Marble wasp gall (caused by the Cynipini wasp species Andricus kollari) formed in place of a bud on an oak tree twig. On Limes Land, Tenterden, Kent.
A female gall-causer wasp (ie a wasp of family Cynipidae) lays her egg in the tissue of the host plant, inducing the plant to form the gall in which the egg hatches to a larva. The larva feeds on the tissue of the gall while developing into a wasp able to emerge and fly from the gall. Ref:P9120002ug.
A female gall-causer wasp (ie a wasp of family Cynipidae) lays her egg in the tissue of the host plant, inducing the plant to form the gall in which the egg hatches to a larva. The larva feeds on the tissue of the gall while developing into a wasp able to emerge and fly from the gall. Ref:P9120002ug.
Cecidology - the study of Galls
Cecidology is the name for the study of the world of galls.
A gall or a cecidium (plural: cecidia) is an abnormal growth in a plant caused by specific gall-causing insects, mites, or fungi.
Examples include the Oak Apple, that looks like a small round fruit but is actually a plant deformity caused by a wasp.
for info see: The British Plant Gall Society: Link
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- TQ8933, 85 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Phil Brandon Hunter (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 12 September, 2022 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Sunday, 5 February, 2023
- Subject Location
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OSGB36:
TQ 8951 3360 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:4.2263N 0:42.2156E - Camera Location
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OSGB36: TQ 8951 3360
- View Direction
- East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
