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Unusual leaf

The lady next door to where we are working found this leaf in her garden and asked me if I had seen anything like it, I said no seeing as its so unusual

it looks like something from another plant or shrub what has embedded itself onto the leaf and started growing on the top but is not visible from the rear side of the leaf, you can see 3 other green nodes just starting to grow

Anyone seen this before ?

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  • This is very common on Lime trees this time of year - they are galls caused by insects laying their eggs on the leaf, then harnessing the plants natural reaction to encase them, to produce a gall to incubate their young in.

    On lime trees, the mite that causes them is Eriophyes tiliae. That said other mites can cause similar galls on other plants.

  • What tidy minds the little beasts must have, three on each side of the leaf, neat - or are they bound by 'egg laying regulations'?

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    They are nail galls: I get these on my lime tree from time to time

    See here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/912681

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    WOW

    thanks for all your replies I will let the lady know tomorrow, I would never of guessed it was a mite

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    A little bit more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriophyes_tiliae

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