Photographer captures the colorful plant growths caused by cynipid wasps

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When an herbivorous insect like an aphid or mite needs a place to feed and reproduce, it sometimes seizes a tiny section of a plant where it establishes an abnormal growth or gall. Photographed by Timothy Boomer, the macro images capture the imperceptible details of the galls, which appear like fairytale-style mushroom houses, prickly sea urchins, and fuzzy, striped domes.

Source: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/06/timothy-boomer-galls/

 

[Ivy 13,722]

The mushroom is so cute!

[MaybeKermit 5,208]

so cute! 

[Starmie25 22,574]

Wow these are gorgeous shots.