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Eriophyes pteridis

A gall-causer on Bracken Pteridium.


I think it was Graham Moates who spotted this unusual deformed growth of Bracken. We didn't identify it in the field but looking at the galls book I believe it is a gall caused by the mite Eriophyes pteridis, but with all the caveats that go with identifying galls without actually examining the mites that cause them.

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Eriophyes pteridis gall on Bracken, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 31st July 2024