Museum - Oak Leaves With Silk And Spangle Galls

Museum - Oak Leaves With Silk And Spangle Galls
Museum - Oak Leaves With Silk And Spangle Galls
Museum - Oak Leaves With Silk And Spangle Galls
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Title
Museum - Oak Leaves With Silk And Spangle Galls
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MILLIGAN ROAD - NORTHGATE St (CDV)
Strongroom Stack 87
Museum
diseased oak leaves
1/4 Glass plate negative
GP4902

Lantern Slides Collection, Leicestershire Record Office

A twig and leaves of an oak tree. The leaves are covered in silk galls (light coloured and doughnut-shaped) and spangle galls (dark coloured and flat). The galls are the eggs and larvae of a cynipid wasp. They are common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
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GP4902
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