Robins pincushion.

DescriptionDiplolepis 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

[Spanner]

Love the colours

[Babs]

So interesting, never seen anything like this before.

[Cazzi]

Really interesting. I've never noticed these before.

[Peter Dulis]

Nice

[Susan Wakely]

@onewing @serendypyty I must have had a misspent childhood as we used to pick the rose hips, break them up and put them down someone’s back because they made you itch. The bushes always had robins pincushions on them. I was a bit of a tomboy and spent my first 10 years surrounded by boys!

[Mags]

That's beautiful! FAV! Still okay to pin? I used to gather the rose hips from my old wild dog rose. I'd put in a jar in the fridge to take daily. Higher vitamin C content than any synthetically produced store bought kind.

[Valerina]

Never noticed this before. Interesting texture.

[FBailey]

I've seen these but never knew what they were before - how interesting!

[Cazzi]

@wakelys I wasn't a tomboy but that did make me laugh. It must have seemed hilarious! 🤣

[Kathy]

I like its color and textures. Do these harm the plant?

[Carole Sandford]

Don’t think I’ve seen these before. Interesting.

[KV]

How cool is that... so much texture.

[Ingrid]

Lovely photo - I like the textures of the pincushion. Cannot remember seeing that before, but I do know the rose hips and how we made "itch-powder" from them.

[Lil H]

Interesting info and nice shot.

[Dione Giorgio]

Very interesting indeed. Does it harm the plant?

[Nina Ganci]

very interesting indeed! never seen one before
thanks for sharing

[Santina]

great shot, I like all the composition, and I had never seen them before, very interesting

[Rob Z]

That's so interesting - and it's quite photogenic isn't it?!