Comments on: Can anyone help me identify this weird seed pod I found in the forest? http://www.mysticalforest.co.uk/can-anyone-help-me-identify-this-weird-seed-pod-i-found-in-the-forest/ Walking Through The Mystical Forests Of The World Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:00:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Dean M. http://www.mysticalforest.co.uk/can-anyone-help-me-identify-this-weird-seed-pod-i-found-in-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-918 Dean M. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:00:04 +0000 http://www.mysticalforest.co.uk/can-anyone-help-me-identify-this-weird-seed-pod-i-found-in-the-forest/#comment-918 My guess is that it may not be a seed pod but an "oak apple" which is a gall on oak trees formed by a wasp. The egg is laid on the leaf and the gall grows around the developing larvae. This is what they look like: cut open showing the wasp larvae: They're starting to show up in the woods around me now too. Some additional info: My guess is that it may not be a seed pod but an “oak apple” which is a gall on oak trees formed by a wasp. The egg is laid on the leaf and the gall grows around the developing larvae. This is what they look like:

cut open showing the wasp larvae:

They’re starting to show up in the woods around me now too.

Some additional info:

]]> By: Pseudo Obscure http://www.mysticalforest.co.uk/can-anyone-help-me-identify-this-weird-seed-pod-i-found-in-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Pseudo Obscure Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:49:56 +0000 http://www.mysticalforest.co.uk/can-anyone-help-me-identify-this-weird-seed-pod-i-found-in-the-forest/#comment-917 Could be a cottonwood, or beach. Could be a cottonwood, or beach.

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