Oak question
06-02-2008, 10:04 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: Oak question
I looked up some more info.
Apparently this thing is called an Oak Apple Gall - and houses the egg/larvae of a certain type of wasp. These waspslay their eggsprimarily in leaf stemsofRed, Black and Scarlet Oaks, and are generally initiated in the spring.
Here's a dried-up one. If you pay attention, you'll find these laying all around in the woods in the fall. I definitely never knew that these things were strictly relegated to Oak trees.
I'd presume that the wasp is able to place a certain enzyme in the leaf stem of these certain breedsd ofoakthat cause it to consistently grow into this weird little pod.Symbiots.
Here's a cross-section picture
Apparently this thing is called an Oak Apple Gall - and houses the egg/larvae of a certain type of wasp. These waspslay their eggsprimarily in leaf stemsofRed, Black and Scarlet Oaks, and are generally initiated in the spring.
Here's a dried-up one. If you pay attention, you'll find these laying all around in the woods in the fall. I definitely never knew that these things were strictly relegated to Oak trees.
I'd presume that the wasp is able to place a certain enzyme in the leaf stem of these certain breedsd ofoakthat cause it to consistently grow into this weird little pod.Symbiots.
Here's a cross-section picture
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06-02-2008, 05:07 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Rhode Island
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RE: Oak question
ORIGINAL: quiksilver
It's called a "gall." Not a fruit. I think it's some kind of growthcasing around a bug. Like a cocoon.
It's called a "gall." Not a fruit. I think it's some kind of growthcasing around a bug. Like a cocoon.
06-02-2008, 06:41 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
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RE: Oak question
I could get in trouble for telling everyone what it really is, NASA hates when their secrets are revealed. They're really scientific experiments that are being performed by space aliens. We think that they're attempting to alter the vegetation on Earth in an effort to meet their nutritional needs prior to the invasion.
06-02-2008, 06:47 PM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
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RE: Oak question
ORIGINAL: quiksilver
I looked up some more info.
Apparently this thing is called an Oak Apple Gall - and houses the egg/larvae of a certain type of wasp. These waspslay their eggsprimarily in leaf stemsofRed, Black and Scarlet Oaks, and are generally initiated in the spring.
Here's a dried-up one. If you pay attention, you'll find these laying all around in the woods in the fall. I definitely never knew that these things were strictly relegated to Oak trees.
I'd presume that the wasp is able to place a certain enzyme in the leaf stem of these certain breedsd ofoakthat cause it to consistently grow into this weird little pod.Symbiots.
Here's a cross-section picture
I looked up some more info.
Apparently this thing is called an Oak Apple Gall - and houses the egg/larvae of a certain type of wasp. These waspslay their eggsprimarily in leaf stemsofRed, Black and Scarlet Oaks, and are generally initiated in the spring.
Here's a dried-up one. If you pay attention, you'll find these laying all around in the woods in the fall. I definitely never knew that these things were strictly relegated to Oak trees.
I'd presume that the wasp is able to place a certain enzyme in the leaf stem of these certain breedsd ofoakthat cause it to consistently grow into this weird little pod.Symbiots.
Here's a cross-section picture