Nice hat

On a recent walk my sister and I came across two oak trees where the acorns appeared to be wearing funky hats. It turns out these growths are knopper galls, and are caused by gall wasps laying their eggs in acorn buds.

[haskar]

Interesting. So far, I've only seen gall balls on the leaves.

[Molly]

Amazing - beautifully captured!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

so cute

[KV]

Very interesting!

[Melvina McCaw]

So interesting, thanks for sharing that information. Certainly makes fro a lovely image!

[Lesley]

@haskar @miss_molly @koalagardens @kvphoto @bubblequeen Thank you. The one thing 365 has really given me is the inquisitiveness to look closely and learn.