English oak pedunculate oak Quercus robur the tree that gall wasps choose to form these galls. By laying eggs in the developing tissue of new shoots.

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Location: Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Stephen Iles / Alamy / Afripics
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