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PLANT GALLS |
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Galls found elsewhere in the UK not recorded in Hainault Forest |
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GROUND IVY Leaf gall Agent: Liposthenes glechomae A gall wasp. Leaf and stem (centre) galls. Hargreaves Scout camp site, Hainault Road, Little Heath, Essex. 14th June 2011 |
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RED VALERIAN Leaf roll gall on leaves. A plant louse. Trioza centranthi. London Borough of Redbridge. South Essex VC18 16th April 2016. |
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Neuroterus tricolor Sexual generation. Agent: Gall Wasp. Photo: © Eddie Barber May 2012. Henshears farm, Roborough., near Plymouth. Uncommon. Determined by Jerry Bowdrey, Gall recorder, Essex Field Club. |
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COWBERRY Leaf gall Agent: Exobasidium myrtilli A fungus. Shores of Loch Garten, RSPB Reserve, Inverness-shire. Photo: 3rd August 2005. |
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BIRD CHERRY Pocket plum galls. Agent: Taphrina pruni. A fungus. Kincraig. Perthshire. Photo: 9th July 2007. |
BIRD CHERRY Raised pustules. Agent: Eriophyes padi A mite. Near Rothiemurchus Visitor Centre, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Photograph 2nd August 2005 |
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ROWAN Leaflet galls. Agent: Gymnosporangium cornutum A rust fungus. Kincraig, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Photo: 31st July 2005 |
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DOUGLAS FIR Needle gall. Agent: Adelges piceae An aphid. Oxton, The Borders. Photograph 17th August 2005 |
DOUGLAS FIR Bases of needles swollen. Agent: Adelges cooleyi. An aphid. Oxton, The Borders. Photo: 9th July 2007. |
JUNIPER GALL Agent: Oligotrophus juniperinus. A midge. Oxton, The Borders, Scotland. Photo: 9th July 2007. |
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WHITE CLOVER Pod gall on leaflets Agent: Dasineura trifolii - A midge Broxbourne Woods, Herts. 14th July 2005 |
DOWNY BIRCH Bulge gall. White erineum on underside. Agent: Acalitus rudis A mite. Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Photograph 8th August 2005. |
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SILVER BIRCH Hemispherical gall. Agent: Cecidophyopsis betulae. A midge. Speyside. 30th June 2007. |
DOWNY BIRCH Circular blister on both sides of leaf. Agent: Anisostephus betulinus A midge. Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Photograph 8th August 2005. |
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BEECH Vein galls Agent: Aceria nervisequus. A mite. Erineum is white, then pink or brown later. Oxton, The Borders, Photo: 17th August 05. |
SILVER BIRCH Galls along midrib Agent: Aculus leionotus - A mite Broxbourne Woods, Hertfordshire 14th July 2005 Detail of underside of leaf shown right. Hairs of erineum reddish brown. |
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COPPER BEECH Erineum between veins. Agent: Aceria fagineus - A mite. Copped Hall, Essex. 15th July 2007 © Iris Newbery. |
RED OAK Blister galls Agent: Taphrina caerulescens - A fungus Richmond Park, Richmond, Surrey, July 2001 |
BURNET ROSE Stem gall Agent: Janetiella frankumi - A Gall midge Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, 22 June 1998. |
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RED CURRANT Raised patches on leaf. Agent: Cryptomyzus ribis - A mite RHS Gardens Wisley May 2002. |
BLACKBERRY Old stem gall. Agent: Diastrophus rubi a gall wasp. Amwell, Herts. 7th Feb 2008. |
PEAR Pustules on leaf. Agent: Eriophyes pyri - A mite Langdon Hills, Laindon, Essex. June 2002. |
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CREEPING WILLOW Leaf gall Agent: Pontania collactanea. A sawfly. Sutherland. 28th June 2007. |
CREEPING WILLOW Stem gall Agent: Rabdophaga salicis. A midge. Sutherland. 28th June 2007. |
THYME Hairy rosette of leaves. Agent: Aceria thomasi - A mite Oxton, The Borders, 9th June 2007. |
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SALLOW Hairy Pea Gall Agent: Pontania pedunculi - A Sawfly Langdon Hills, Laindon, Essex. September 2000 |
SALLOW Camellia or Rosette gall Agent: Rabdophaga cinerearum - a Midge Grays Chalk Pit, Essex. June 2000 |
SALLOW Pea gall Agent: Pontania viminalis - A Sawfly Fairlop Waters, Essex. 31st August 2005 |
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SALLOW Leaf curl downwards, both margins. Agent: Rabdophaga marginemtorquens - A Midge August 2001. |
SALLOW Yellow pustules on leaf Agent: Eriophyes tetanothorax - A Mite. Grays Chalk Pit, Essex. June 2000 |
YEW Artichoke gall Agent: Taxomia taxi - A Midge Lord's Bushes, Buckhurst Hill, Essex. March 2000 |
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EARED WILLOW Camellia or rosette gall Agent: Rabdophaga cinerearum - A midge Tobermory, Isle of Mull. 8th August 2005 |
EARED WILLOW Stem gall Agent: Not determined Tobermory, Isle of Mull. 8th August 2005 |
WHITE WILLOW Rounded pustules Agent: Aculus tetanothrix - A Mite Fairlop Waters, Essex. 31st August 2005 |
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ASH - Circular blister Agent: Dasineura fraxinea - A Midge The larvae have departed the dark brown galls. Oxton, The Borders, Scotland. July 2002 |
ASH Midrib gall Agent: Aceria fraxinivorus - A Mite Unusual on midrib, generally on keys. River Chelmer, Essex. July 2002 |
YARROW Pea Gall on stem of inflorescence Agent: Rhopalomyia millefolii - A Midge. Islay, Inner Hebrides, August 1989 |
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DOGWOOD Rivet gall Agent: Craneiobia corni - A Midge Grays Chalk Pit, Essex. August 2000. |
DOGWOOD Rivet gall Side view of leaf. Grays Chalk Pit, Essex. August 2000 |
BAY Leaf roll gall Agent: Trioza alacris - A fly. Clayhall, Ilford, Essex. October 2000 |
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ALDER Tongue gall on female catkins. Agent: Taphrina alni - a fungus. Lunderston Bay, near Inverkip, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. 24th August 2010 |
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ALDER Blister gall Agent: Eriophyes brevitarsus A mite. Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Photograph: 8th August 2005 |
ALDER Agent: Eriophyes laevis - A mite Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Photo: 8 August 05. |
ALEXANDERS Agent: Puccinia smyrnii - a Rust fungus Hastings, East Sussex. June 2001 |
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COMMON STINGING NETTLE Agent: Puccinia urticata. A rust fungus. Sutherland. 29th June 2007. |
SHEPHERD'S PURSE Agent: Albugo candida - A white rust. Clatterford End, Fyfield, Essex. Oct. 2001 |
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SPEEDWELL Hairy gall Agent: Jaapiella veronicae - A Midge Langdon Hills, Essex. September 2001 |
Close up of Jaapiella veronicae. Photo: © Edwin Barber 10th Oct. 2007 |
PITTOSPORUM Yellow swellings on leaf Agent: Trioza vitreoradiata - A fly. Bryher, Scilly Islands. July 1995 |
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WAYFARING TREE Red pustules Agent: Eriophyes viburni - a mite Grays Chalk Pit, Essex. August 2000 |
CATS-EAR Stem galls Agent: Phanacis hypochoeridis - A wasp County Durham, July 1992 |
Detail of stem galls on Cats-ear. |
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BROOM Stem gall Agent: Aceria genistae - A Mite Ilford, Essex. April 2002 |
MUGWORT Red pustules on leaves Agent: Aceria artemisiae - A mite Fishers Green, Essex. July 2002 |
LADY'S BEDSTRAW Agent: Geocrypta galii - A Midge Swanage, Dorset. July 1978 |
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CREEPING CINQUEFOIL Galls on aerial stems. Agent: Xestophanes potentillae - a gall wasp. Dale Fort, Pembs. June 1978. |
LADY'S MANTLE Rust gall Agent: Trachyspora intrusa - a rust fungus. Broadford, Isle of Skye. May 1993. |
COMMON MALLOW Leaf and petiole galls Agent: Puccinia malvacearum A rust fungus. 28th Sept 2006. Roding Valley, Clayhall, Essex. |
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PERSICARIA Leaf roll galls Agent: Wachtliella persicariae - A midge. Davy Down, Essex. August 2001 |
WINTER ACONITE Pustules on bracts Agent: Urocystis eranthidis - Smut fungus Ilford, Essex. February 2002 |
TOWN HALL CLOCK Rust gall on stem and leaf. Agent: Puccinia adoxae - A Rust Blake's Wood, Danbury, Essex. May 2002. |
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MEADOWSWEET Red pustules on leaf Agent: Dasineura ulmariae - A midge Roding Valley Meadows, Essex. August 2000 |
MEADOWSWEET Yellow pimple Agent: Dasineura pustulans - A Midge Roding Valley Meadows, Essex. August 2000 |
WALNUT Bulge on leaf Agent: Aceria erineus - A Mite Edinburgh Zoo, 3rd July 2007 |
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COMMON LIME Inner and outer galls on upper surface of leaf. Agent: Didymomyia tiliacea - A midge The cylindrical inner gall falls out leaving the outer gall. Far right shows the galls on the underside of the leaf. Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex. 12 August 2010 | ||
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HAY SCENTED BUCKLER FERN Mop head galls. Agent: Chirosia betuleti - A fly Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, June 1998. |
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