"A Nature Observer′s Scrapbook"
Galls
ATTENTION : For the convenience of non-broadband viewers the content of the original 'Galls' page, which took some time to download, has now been divided into two new pages. Links to the new page identities are provided below.
When the main Search Engines have located the new pages, this re-direct page will be withdrawn and it is suggested that any bookmarks to the original 'Galls' page should now be updated accordingly. Any inconvenience is regretted.
Galls Page 1 is now devoted specifically to the following galls found on shrubs and trees :-
| Host | Common name | Scientific name |
| Dog Rose | Robin's Pincushion | Diplolepis rosae |
| Pea gall | Diplolepis nervosa | |
| Orange rust | Phragmidium sp. | |
| Bramble | Stem gall | Diastrophus rubi |
| Ash | Key gall | Aceria fraxinivorus |
| Leaf gall | Dasineura fraxini | |
| Salix Caprea | Leaf gall 1 | Pontania bridgmanii |
| Leaf gall 2 | Pontania gallarum | |
| Field Maple | Leaf gall | Aceria macrochelus |
| Oak | Spangle gall | Neuroterus quercusbaccarum |
| Hop or Artichoke gall | Andricus fecundator | |
| Marble gall | Andricus kollari |
Galls Page 2 is now devoted specifically to the following galls found on herbaceous (soft stemmed) plants :-
| Host | Common name | Scientific name |
| Creeping Thistle | Stem gall | Urophora cardui |
| Ground Ivy | Leaf gall | Liposthenes glechomae |
| Lighthouse gall | Rondaniola bursaria | |
| Couch grass | Stem gall 1 | Tetramesa hyalipennis |
| Stem gall 2 | Chlorops pumilionis | |
| Cleavers, Gallium aparine | Stem gall | Aculus anthobius |
| Stinging Nettle | Rust | Puccinia urticata |