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And What is This?

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  1. M2theB

    M2theB

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    8F628F76-7764-426E-A1A4-1FF20A6C4FF2.jpeg FDC48087-5939-44BC-8197-51C78EE875C8.jpeg C3DE331C-0395-470C-A34E-127963D3D49F.jpeg Out back this afternoon to grab some posts for a raspberry fence, I came across this guy.
    I think I’ve seen one years ago as a kid.
    About 1.5 to 2” in diameter. On the very end of a skinny little branch on a young white oak. Leaves eaten around it.
     
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    Don't know but I will guess some sort of a cocoon nest.
     
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    Did you open it up? Did it look like this inside?
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    Oak tree gall. A wasp has figured out how to make the tree do the work of protecting its egg.

    At another end of the work spectrum is the grass-carrying wasp that spends all day stuffign pieces of dry grass into crevices along with some food and an egg.


    Kinda like people in a way I guess.LOL.
     
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    I left it alone so not sure what the inside looks like.
    I’ve been stomping those forever. I don’t know that I’ve seen it before as new build. Certainly not at hat level. Cool!

    That’s pretty cool.

    Found this

    Wool Sower Gall


    Wool Sower Gall Wasp | NC State Extension Publications
     
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    Someone hung a golfball? OK i'll keep my toilet shut. :coldone:
     
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    And here I was thinking that it was a dingleberry. Duh.

    :cool:
     
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    Awwww man, I was gonna hype him up and tell him whatever you do dont open it cuz you'll get infested with aliens or some such.
     
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    I remember one time cutting one open. Was not all that interesting.
     
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    Found this Oak Gall on the ground with some acorns this evening.
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    I found this interesting.
     
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