In our garden in one of the rose bushes there sits this strange ball of organic material. No idea what it is……. If one of you knows please enlighten me :)
No theme week @jacqbb
Great capture and reminiscent of my childhood.
Growing up we called these Robins Pincushions see below from Wikipedia.
Diplolepis rosae is a gall wasp which causes a gall known as the rose bedeguar gall, Robin's pincushion, mossy rose gall, or simply moss gall. The gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of an unopened leaf axillary or terminal bud, mostly on field rose or dog rose shrubs. Wikipedia
@jacqbb This is a wonderfully clear photo with great detail and now I have learned something new because of it!
Growing up we called these Robins Pincushions see below from Wikipedia.
Diplolepis rosae is a gall wasp which causes a gall known as the rose bedeguar gall, Robin's pincushion, mossy rose gall, or simply moss gall. The gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of an unopened leaf axillary or terminal bud, mostly on field rose or dog rose shrubs. Wikipedia