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Nov262013

Plant Galls

DateTue 2013-11-26

A leaf of a field maple, Acer campestre, covered in galls, probably those caused by the mite Aceria myriadeum (Arachnida: Acari).

The underside of the leaf looks like this:

Photos taken in the field below Chazey Wood, near Caversham, UK, on 2013-06-16.

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