Red Growths on Tree Leaves

By Stacey Morgan Smith, April 29th, 2011, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Well, here’s a new one to me — some sort of red growths on the leaves of this tree. Any one know what these are?

red growths on tree leaves

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April 29th, 2011 | Tags: trees | Category: gardening

2 comments to Red Growths on Tree Leaves

• Andrea

  May 15, 2011 at 6:34 pm · Reply

  Those are insect galls! Slice one open and you should see a tiny insect larvae inside!
  Similar to this: http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230046_586926148218_8700370_33118442_3286635_n.jpg

  • Stacey Morgan Smith

    May 23, 2011 at 12:32 pm · Reply

    Thanks, Andrea! So much to learn…