A Hunch
Yesterday, I got out the microscopes to check a hunch.
What a cute little creature! It would be helpful for identification if I knew what part of the tree they were from. However I have not found any on the lower branches or leaves. I should raise some, but I think not this time. So now I know that there will be thousands of these creatures emerging next spring. Delightful! We need all the insects we can get. 🙂
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I have just recently noticed these under my post oak. Millions it seems. There are none under any other oaks. Some are attached to the leaves as well as on twigs. I suspected that they were galls and you have confirmed it! I have lived with this post oak for 11 years and have never observed this before.
Interesting that you have them too! And thanks for the extra details of their location on the tree.
Wonder what the critter will be when it emerges. Cute
Yes a very cute little critter!
And wouldn’t it be fun to see all those rare and wonderful lichens and mosses in person? I can only dream – but then we have alot of pretty cool ones on this side of the pond too
My thoughts exactly on the wonderful lichens and mosses here and there. 🙂
I also have thousands of these galls piling up under our post oaks.
Must be a good year for those critters. And some day I will run across their identity. 😉