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What is this vine that is crawling up the trees and covering a large area of ground on my South Texas rural property? How can ...
Insects and mites can cause galls. These galls are often on the leaves and stems and usually look like growths or bumps that are not the same color as the rest of the leaf. Sometimes there is also ...
While scouting plants in your yard or garden, perhaps you have noticed unusual bumps or growth extensions on the leaf ...
This gall is about the size of a large marble, green at first, and turning brown in the fall, as the plant dies and turns brown. Despite this special home, larva is not completely safe.
Plant galls can also be triggered by mites, fungi, or disease, but insect-related galls represent the majority of those I frequently get asked about.
Plant galls are a plant’s reaction to an intrusion by insects, mites, or even fungi as in the case of azalea galls. Wasps and midges are the most common gall makers.
A gall is a plant’s response to an irritant in its tissue. Galls can occur on leaves, twigs, branches or roots. Although galls can be provoked by bacteria, fungi or nematodes, ...
Insect-induced plant galls represent an extraordinary example of plant morphogenesis manipulated by specialised herbivores. These structures emerge as a result of intricate biochemical and ...
Gall fly outmaneuvers host plant in game of 'Spy vs Spy' Date: July 9, 2020 Source: Penn State Summary: Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies that feed on them have been one-upping each ...
Persisting in the winter months as ball-shaped shells on oak trees, galls, which are considered an eyesore by landscapers in the summer months, appear as a sort of curiosity in Outdoors: Plant ...