What on earth is that funny looking fuzzball hanging in the Oak tree?
I looked and looked for more of these curious things in this tree and others around it and this is the only one I can find. It is probably some kind of parasite like Spanish moss or Mistletoe.
I wondered if it was the beginning of an Oak Gall, but my research discouraged that possibility.
Then again I could be wrong. The gall is the result of the tree protecting itself from a tiny wasp laying an egg just under the leaf skin. A natural process envelopes the egg or eggs and they grow and thrive on the tissue in the leaf.
Here is a zoom-in picture. It is high enough in the tree I can't get a ladder to reach it. If I could poke it or even touch it I might have more information to help find it on the internet. As it is 'fuzzy thing in Oak tree' is not good enough. Any Foresters out there? Any ideas of what it might be?
I looked and looked for more of these curious things in this tree and others around it and this is the only one I can find. It is probably some kind of parasite like Spanish moss or Mistletoe.
I wondered if it was the beginning of an Oak Gall, but my research discouraged that possibility.Then again I could be wrong. The gall is the result of the tree protecting itself from a tiny wasp laying an egg just under the leaf skin. A natural process envelopes the egg or eggs and they grow and thrive on the tissue in the leaf.
Here is a zoom-in picture. It is high enough in the tree I can't get a ladder to reach it. If I could poke it or even touch it I might have more information to help find it on the internet. As it is 'fuzzy thing in Oak tree' is not good enough. Any Foresters out there? Any ideas of what it might be?
