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Gall Mites in Ohio

W. E. Styer and L. R. Nault
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) October 1975, 1 (10) 188-191; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1975.045
W. E. Styer
Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio
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L. R. Nault
Department of Entomology, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio
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    This is a closeup view of bead galls, sparsely covered with trichomes, as found on elm leaves.

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    Bladder galls on a silver maple leaf. This is one of the most commonly noticed galls in Ohio and the same mite causes smaller eruptions on red maple. Center: Bead galls covered with fuzzy trichomes on pussy willow leaf. Right: Elongate finger galls on wild black cherry leaf are common in Ohio.

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    Left: Patches of yellow, glassy erineum on lower surface of beech leaves show through to the upper surface. Right: Sharply pointed finger galls on leaves of sugar maple. This same gall is found on leaves of black maple.

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    Wart-like swelling from the under side, filled with felt-like masses of trichomes, on leaves of boxelder. Center: Irregular masses of green tissue formed on the stems of male white ashflowers. Right: Edge rolling on black gum gives a holly leaf effect.

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    Left: Proliferation of buds on hackberry causes the “witches broom” effect shown here. Right: Even poison ivy has galls. These irregular green or red bladder galls are common on poison ivy leaves.

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    These are bead galls, found on both surfaces of peachleaf willow.

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