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NAME |
GALL |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
GROUP |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
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Bracken |
Pinnule roll gall |
Chirosia grossicauda |
Mining fly |
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Male fern |
Frond knotting gall |
Chirosia betuleti |
Mining fly |
09/07 |
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14/10 |
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Broad buckler fern |
Frond knotting gall |
Chirosia betuleti |
Mining fly |
02/07 |
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05/09 |
09/05 |
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Lesser celandine |
Yellow blisters leaf/stalk |
Urocystis ficariae |
Smut fungus |
17/04 |
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10/04 |
15/04 |
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Small leaf elm |
Pustules |
Aceria ulmicola |
Mite |
02/07 |
21/04 |
17/05 |
04/05 |
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Wych elm |
Bag gall |
Eriosoma lanuginosum |
Aphid |
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30/05 |
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Leaf roll |
Eriosoma patchiae |
Aphid |
24/08 |
13/05 |
23/05 |
01/05 |
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Fig gall |
Tetraneura ulmi |
Aphid |
24/08 |
13/05 |
20/05 |
06/07 |
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Common nettle |
Orange gall under leaf |
Puccinia urticata |
Rust fungus |
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Leaf & petiole pouch gall |
Dasineura urticae |
Midge |
30/08 |
02/09 |
14/10 |
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Beech |
Nail gall |
Hartigiola annulipes |
Midge |
09/07 |
22/07 |
05/09 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Leaf edge roll |
Acalitus stenapsis |
Mite |
09/07 |
21/05 |
08/05 |
01/05 |
14/05 |
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Erineum under leaf |
Aceria fagineus |
Mite |
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09/05 |
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Pedunculate oak |
Swollen tip of twig |
Andricus inflator
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
29/04 |
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09/05 |
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Lateral bud gall |
Andricus inflator
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
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09/10 |
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Oak apple |
Biorhiza pallida
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
02/05 |
12/04 |
15/04 |
15/04 |
14/05 |
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Midrib thickened |
Andricus curvator
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
20/04 |
04/05 |
06/07 |
14/05 |
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Marble gall |
Andricus kollari
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
16/08 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
06/07 |
14/07 |
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Cotton wool gall |
Andricus quercusramuli |
Gall wasp |
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29/04 |
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Artichoke gall |
Andricus fecundator
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
20/07 |
22/07 |
05/09 |
06/07 |
14/07 |
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Bud & catkin gall |
Andricus fecundator
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
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Currant gall |
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
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12/04 |
27/04 |
21/04 |
14/05 |
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Common spangle gall |
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
29/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
06/07 |
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Silk button gall |
Neuroterus numismalis
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
29/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
06/07 |
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Small Leaf blister
gall |
Neuroterus numismalis (sexual) |
Gall wasp |
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04/05 |
14/05 |
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Catkin gall |
Neuroterus aprilinus (politus)
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
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20/04 |
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21/04 |
14/05 |
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Bud gall |
Neuroterus politus (sexual) |
Gall wasp |
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09/05 |
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Catkin gall |
Neuroterus quadrilineatus
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
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09/05 |
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Knopper gall |
Andricus quercuscalicis
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
30/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
09/05 |
14/07 |
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Striped pea gall |
Cynips longiventris
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
09/07 |
07/06 |
27/07 |
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15/07 |
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Cherry gall |
Cynips quercusfolii
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
20/07 |
22/07 |
09/10 |
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Ramshorn gall |
Andricus aries
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
09/05
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15/07 |
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Pea gall |
Cynips divisa
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
29/07 |
22/07 |
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06/07 |
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Cola nut gall |
Andricus lignicolus
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
20/07 |
22/07 |
05/09 |
06/07 |
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Smooth spangle gall |
Neuroterus albipes
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
12/08 |
22/07 |
05/09 |
06/07 |
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Bud gall |
Andricus solitarius
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
07/06 |
29/07 |
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24/06 |
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Chambered gall on petiole |
Andricus quercusradicis (sexual)
# |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
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Truffle gall |
Andricus quercusradicis (asexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
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Oyster gall on midrib |
Neuroterus anthracinus
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
29/07 |
04/06 |
27/07 |
06/07 |
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Bud gall |
Andricus corruptrix
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
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29/07 |
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Bud gall |
Andricus corruptrix (asexual) |
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09/05 |
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Leaf fold gall |
Macrodiplosis dryobia |
Midge |
09/07 |
05/05 |
11/05 |
09/05 |
14/05 |
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Upward leaf roll |
Macrodiplosis volvens |
Midge |
09/07 |
05/05 |
11/05 |
09/05 |
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Stem swelling |
Heliozela sericella |
Caterpillar |
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Acorn gall |
Andricus grossulariae
(asexual) |
Gall wasp |
20/07 |
27/08 |
09/10 |
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Hedgehog gall |
Andricus lucidus (asexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
27/08 |
09/10 |
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Barnacle gall |
Andricus testaceipes (asexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
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Pimple on leaf |
Trioza remota |
Plant louse |
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06/06 |
27/07 |
01/05 |
14/05 |
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Turkey oak |
Gooseberry gall |
Andricus grossulariae
(sexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
29/04 |
08/05 |
04/05 |
14/05 |
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Catkin gall |
Andricus quercuscalicis (sexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
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14/05 |
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Bud gall |
Andricus kollari (sexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
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09/05 |
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Bud gall |
Andricus lignicola (sexual) |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
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Acorn gall |
Callirhytis erythrocephala |
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06/05 |
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05/09 |
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Anemone gall |
Neuroterus saliens (sexual) |
Gall wasp |
(06/05) |
29/04 |
08/05 |
21/04 |
14/05 |
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Leaf & petiole gall |
Neuroterus saliens (asexual) |
Gall wasp |
14/10 |
27/08 |
05/09 |
06/07 |
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Holm oak |
Leaf erineum |
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Mite |
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09/05 |
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Silver birch |
Seed gall |
Semudobia betulae |
Midge pupa |
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Big bud gall |
Acalitus calycophthirus |
Mite |
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09/05 |
14/05 |
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Erineum |
Eriophyes leionotus
‡ |
Mite |
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09/05 |
14/05 |
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Erineum |
Eriophyes lissonotus
‡ |
Mite |
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09/05 |
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Seed gall |
Semudobia tarda |
Midge pupa |
09/07 |
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Root gall |
Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
Soil Bacteria |
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25/02 |
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Common alder |
Angle vein gall |
Eriophyes inangulis |
Mite |
12/08 |
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Bulge on leaf |
Acalitus brevitarsus |
Mite |
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27/07 |
04/05 |
29/05 |
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Hornbeam |
Leaf-vein crinkle |
Aceria macrotrichus |
Mite |
09/07 |
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04/05 |
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14/05 |
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Swollen midrib |
Zygobia carpinus |
Midge |
09/07 |
22/05 |
05/09 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Galls in midrib/vein angle |
Aceria tenellus |
Mite |
09/07 |
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09/05 |
14/05 |
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Hazel |
Big bud gall |
Phytoptus avellanae |
Mite |
08/04 |
13/02 |
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21/04 |
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Spear-leaved orache |
Midrib swollen/leaf curl |
Hayhurstia atriplicis |
Aphid |
06/08 |
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Sheep's sorrel |
Midrib swollen |
Apion rubens |
Beetle |
06/05 |
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Common lime |
Gall in vein angle |
Eriophyes exilis |
Mite |
09/07 |
13/05 |
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09/05 |
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Pointed nail gall |
Eriophyes tiliae |
Mite |
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04/06 |
03/06 |
04/05 |
01/05 |
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Yellow blisters on leaf |
Eriophyes leiosoma |
Mite |
29/07 |
13/05 |
12/05 |
04/05 |
01/05 |
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Leaf edge rolled up |
Dasineura tiliae |
Midge |
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22/05 |
12/05 |
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Petiole gall |
Contarinia tiliarum |
Midge |
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21/05 |
03/06 |
09/05 |
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Blunt nail galls |
Aceria lateannulatus |
Mite |
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04/06 |
31/05 |
06/07 |
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Small leaved lime |
Blunt nail galls |
Aceria lateannulatus |
Mite |
03/07 |
13/05 |
08/05 |
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14/05 |
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Yellow blisters on leaf |
Eriophyes leiosoma |
Mite |
30/07 |
05/05 |
12/05 |
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14/05 |
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Leaf edge rolled up |
Dasineura tiliae |
Midge |
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22/05 |
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Common dog violet |
Swellings of leaf and stem |
Puccinia violae |
Fungus |
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26/04 |
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White poplar |
Swollen stem |
Gypsonoma aceriana |
Caterpillar |
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Grey poplar |
Swollen stem |
Gypsonoma aceriana |
Caterpillar |
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29/04 |
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Aspen |
Red pea gall |
Harmandia tremulae |
Midge |
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Leaf base gall |
Eriophyes diversipunctatus
+ |
Mite |
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Leaf roll gall |
Dasineura populeti |
Midge |
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Bulge on leaf |
Taphrina populina |
Fungus |
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17/06 |
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Balsam poplar |
Bulge on leaf |
Taphrina populina |
Fungus |
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17/05 |
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Black poplar |
Spiral gall on petiole |
Pemphigus spyrothecae |
Aphid |
03/07 |
29/04 |
08/05 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Bulge on leaf |
Taphrina populina |
Fungus |
03/07 |
25/05 |
26/06 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Leaf fold gall |
Thecabius affinis |
Aphid |
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22/07 |
27/07 |
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Globular midrib gall |
Pemphigus populi |
Aphid |
03/07 |
25/05 |
26/06 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Pouch gall |
Pemphigus bursarius |
Aphid |
03/07 |
22/07 |
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06/07 |
24/06 |
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Midrib pouch gall |
Pemphigus populinigrae |
Aphid |
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26/06 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Crack willow |
Bean gall |
Pontania proxima |
Sawfly |
20/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Edge of leaf gall |
Aculus magnirostris |
Mite |
30/07 |
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27/07 |
09/05 |
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Terminal leaves gall |
Rabdophaga terminalis |
Midge |
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Rosette gall |
Rabdophaga rosaria |
Midge |
20/07 |
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White willow |
Bean gall |
Pontania proxima |
Sawfly |
20/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
09/05 |
24/06 |
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Rosette gall |
Rabdophaga
rosaria |
Midge |
29/07 |
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Edge of leaf gall |
Aculus magnirostris |
Mite |
29/07 |
10/09 |
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Terminal leaves gall |
Rabdophaga terminalis |
Midge |
20/07 |
22/07 |
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Goat willow |
Pustules with opening under |
Iteomyia capreae |
Midge |
29/07 |
22/05 |
17/09 |
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24/06 |
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Hairy pea gall under leaf |
Pontania pedunculi |
Sawfly |
09/07 |
22/07 |
31/05 |
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Bean gall |
Pontania bridgmanii |
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24/06 |
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Grey sallow |
Pustules with opening under |
Iteomyia capreae |
Midge |
09/07 |
04/06 |
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Bramble |
Swollen stem gall |
Lasioptera rubi |
Midge |
06/05 |
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Raised bulge on leaf |
Eriophyes rubicolens |
Mite |
11/09 |
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Raspberry |
Swollen stem gall |
Lasioptera rubi |
Midge |
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Creeping cinquefoil |
Stem gall underground |
Xestophanes potentillae |
Gall wasp |
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Dog rose |
Orange stem gall |
Phragmidium tuberculatum |
Rust fungus |
02/05 |
22/07 |
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24/06 |
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Pea gall |
Diplolepis sp.
# |
Gall wasp |
28/06 |
22/07 |
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15/07 |
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Robin’s pincushion |
Diplolepis rosae |
Gall wasp |
28/06 |
30/05 |
27/07 |
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15/07 |
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Leaf roll gall |
Blennocampa phyllocolpa |
Caterpillar |
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Sputnik gall |
Diplolepis nervosa |
Gall wasp |
20/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
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15/07 |
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Leaf fold pod gall |
Wachtliella rosarum |
Midge |
20/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
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Field rose |
Robin’s pincushion |
Diplolepis rosae |
Gall wasp |
06/05 |
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Almond |
Red thick curled leaves |
Taphrina deformans |
Fungus |
06/06 |
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Blackthorn |
Pustules mainly on leaf edge |
Eriophyes prunispinosae |
Mite |
22/05 |
29/04 |
17/05 |
21/04 |
01/05 |
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Pustules mainly on midrib |
Eriophyes padi |
Mite |
22/05 |
21/05 |
03/06 |
09/05 |
14/05 |
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Pocket plums |
Taphrina pruni |
Fungus |
06/05 |
13/05 |
16/05 |
06/07 |
14/05 |
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Wild plum |
Leaf edge pustules |
Eriophyes similis |
Mite |
14/05 |
15/04 |
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21/04 |
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Rowan |
Yellow pustules on leaflets |
Eriophyes sorbi |
Mite |
06/05 |
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11/05 |
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14/05 |
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Pear |
Red pustules on leaf |
Eriophyes pyri |
Mite |
06/05 |
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Leaf spot, swollen underneath |
Gymnosporangium sabinae |
Rust fungus |
09/07 |
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17/09 |
03/07 |
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Crab apple |
Erineum |
Phyllocoptes malinus |
Mite |
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09/05 |
14/05 |
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Wild apple |
Lumps swelling on stem |
Eriosoma lanigerum |
Woolly aph. |
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Leaf roll |
Dasineura mali |
Midge |
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Common whitebeam |
Yellow pustules on leaf |
Eriophyes arianus |
Mite |
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Wild service tree |
Yellow pustules on leaf |
Eriophyes torminalis |
Mite |
01/06 |
21/05 |
17/05 |
21/04 |
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Common hawthorn |
Leaf edge roll |
Phyllocoptes goniothorax |
Mite |
02/05 |
21/05 |
12/05 |
21/04 |
01/05 |
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Raised pocks on leaf |
Aceria crataegi |
Mite |
06/05 |
15/04 |
12/05 |
21/04 |
14/05 |
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Button top gall |
Dasineura crataegi |
Midge |
29/07 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
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15/07 |
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Red leaf fold |
Dysaphis crataegi (not confirmed) |
Aphid |
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09/05 |
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Dwarf gorse |
Stem gall |
Eutrichapion scutellare |
Beetle larva |
07/06 |
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Rosebay Willow herb |
Leaf edge roll down |
Dasineura kiefferiana |
Midge |
06/05 |
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09/05 |
24/06 |
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Enchanter’s nightshade |
Stem and leaves galled |
Puccinia circaeae |
Rust fungus |
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Spindle |
Leaf edge roll |
Eriophyes convolvens |
Mite |
09/07 |
21/04 |
17/09 |
21/04 |
15/07 |
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Purging buckthorn |
Leaf edge rolled upwards |
Trichochermes walkeri |
Plant louse |
09/07 |
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17/09 |
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Field maple |
Small red pustules |
Aceria aceriscampestris |
Mite |
15/05 |
22/04 |
08/05 |
21/04 |
14/05 |
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Large yellow pustules |
Aceria macrochelus |
Mite |
09/07 |
30/05 |
27/07 |
09/05 |
14/07 |
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White erineum under leaf |
Aceria eriobius |
Mite |
11/07 |
29/04 |
05/09 |
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14/05 |
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Misshapen fruits |
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Sycamore |
Red pustules on leaf |
Aceria macrorhynchus |
Mite |
02/05 |
15/04 |
22/04 |
21/04 |
14/05 |
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Felt galls |
Aceria pseudoplatani |
Mite |
15/05 |
22/07 |
27/07 |
06/07 |
14/05 |
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Silver maple |
Red pustules |
Vasates quadripedes |
Mite |
02/05 |
21/04 |
03/05 |
21/04 |
14/05 |
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Cow parsley |
Swollen petioles/leaf pustules |
Puccinia chaerophylli |
Rust fungus |
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Wild Carrot |
Swollen fruit galls |
Kiefferia pericarpiicola |
Midge |
20/08 |
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03/09 |
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Ground ivy |
Lighthouse galls |
Rondaniola bursaria |
Midge |
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Ash |
Leaflet edge rolled down |
Psyllopsis fraxini |
Plant louse |
09/07 |
21/05 |
17/05 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Key galls |
Aceria fraxinivorus |
Mite |
30/08 |
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24/06 |
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Leaflet midrib gall |
Dasineura fraxini |
Midge |
09/07 |
21/05 |
20/05 |
06/07 |
24/06 |
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Pod gall |
Dasineura acrophila |
Midge |
30/08 |
30/05 |
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One leaved ash |
Leaf edge rolled down |
Psyllopsis fraxini |
Plant louse |
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30/05 |
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Midrib gall |
Dasineura fraxini |
Midge |
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Pod gall |
Dasineura acrophila |
Midge |
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Single leafed ash |
Leaf edge rolled down |
Psyllopsis fraxini |
Plant louse |
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30/05 |
17/09 |
03/07 |
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Pod gall |
Dasineura acrophila |
Midge |
|
30/05 |
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Midrib gall |
Dasineura fraxini |
Midge |
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17/09 |
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Wood speedwell |
Pits on leaf |
Puccinia veronicae |
Rust fungus |
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Cleavers |
Leaf roll |
Cecidophyes galii |
Mite |
06/05 |
15/04 |
15/04 |
21/04 |
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Elder |
Leaflet edge rolled up |
Epitrimerus trilobus |
Mite |
06/05 |
21/04 |
15/04 |
21/04 |
14/05 |
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Daisy |
Fungal gall on leaf |
Puccinia distincta |
Rust fungus |
06/05 |
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Creeping thistle |
Swollen stem gall |
Urophora cardui |
Gall fly |
06/05 |
13/09 |
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06/07 |
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Spear thistle |
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Urophora stylata |
Gall fly |
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Dandelion
* |
Stem and leaf distorted |
Protomyces pachydermus |
Fungus |
06/05 |
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Perennial sow thistle |
Yellow pustules on leaf |
Cystiphora sonchi |
Midge |
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Groundsel |
Swollen leaf and stem |
Puccinia lagenophorae |
Rust fungus |
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NOTES
# Needs breeding out to confirm
*
Taraxacum pseudohamatum
+
Not found since August 1977
‡
See note in keys p292
Redfern & Shirley 2002 British Plant Galls
NEW for 2010 in red
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