These galls are abnormal,deformed leaves. The abnormal growth is caused by the larva of a parasitic wasp,Amphibolips confluenta,that,after an egg has been laid in a leaf vein,secretes a chemical that causes the leaf to grow as a round papery home for the larva. The larva feeds on the inside of the gall and emerges,upon maturing,into an adult wasp | |
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