Hundreds of species of small wasps called gall wasps live in the forests of North America. Hundreds more species of them are spread worldwide. In Southeast Missouri oak trees are a favorite host plant ...
The Bulletin: Exploring the Last Green Valley: The fascinating life of oak gall wasps Exploring the Last Green Valley: The fascinating life of oak gall wasps Marin Independent Journal: Oak leaves turning brown? Could be the two-horned oak gall wasp When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...
wasp gall ball, Tallahassee Democrat: Eastern horned gall wasp may be culprit in laurel oak's decline A close-up of an oak leaf with bumps, or galls, from the gall wasp, Photo courtesy Getty Images. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert ... Earlier this month my colleague, LyAnn Graff, brought in an interesting looking fuzz ball surrounding a thin leafy branch of a burr oak tree. It was about the size of a golf ball, but with red-tipped ...
