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Old 02-11-2007, 05:03 PM
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Fascinating things. This has, in my part of the world, been a particularly good year for the nest-like ones such as the robin's pin-cushion seen on roses and caused by Diplolepsis rosae Galls Page 1
This one was as big as my head but seemed to be on a willow:



But there's some rose hips in there. I couldn't look more closely because it was overhanging the canal!
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