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Knopper Gall
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Last summer I noticed a vast increase in the occurrence of this oak tree gall on the common oak Quercus robur. The cause is the small gall wasp Andricus quercuscalicis causing distortion of the acorns.

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Model: NIKON D300
Lens: 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Aperture: F13.0
ISO: 400
FocalLength: 230.0 mm

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Model: NIKON D300
Lens: 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6
Aperture: F20.0
ISO: 400
FocalLength: 220.0 mm

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More goodies, plus the info. Ed.

To each his own!
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#3

Very interesting series!
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