Silk button spangle galls on the underside of an oak (Quercus sp.) leaf. These protective galls contain the larvae of a parasitic wasp (Neuroterus num

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Silk button spangle galls on the underside of an oak (Quercus sp.) leaf. These protective galls contain the larvae of a parasitic wasp (Neuroterus numismalis). Photographed in Poland.

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