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Apiomorpha sp. (genus)	24 Feb 2026	Heinol
Eucalyptus insect gall	3 Nov 2023	Tapirlord
Eucalyptus dives	2 Nov 2023	CarbonAI
Unverified	2 Nov 2023	sangio7

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Updated with new images from a couple of days later and a disected gall showing the porous, sticky inside of the gumnut-imitating part and the smaller empty woody part that attaches the gall to the leaf.

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Tapirlord wrote:

2 Nov 2023

The red structures are galls of some description. The tree is *probably E.blakelyi*.

sangio7 wrote:

2 Nov 2023

Thanks Ciaran. I thought it looked like E, blakelyi but was totally confused by the apparent fruiting bodies. Very attractive though.

Tapirlord wrote:

2 Nov 2023

Would you prefer the record as the gall or as the tree?

sangio7 wrote:

3 Nov 2023

I was wondering overnight about how to report it as a gall instead of a tree so that it attracts the attention of the insect specialists. If you can change it from tree to insect gall that would be great. It's a very interesting looking structure appearing (and I'm way out of my depth here) to be trying to attract other insects?

Tapirlord wrote:

3 Nov 2023

I'm way out my depth as well! We will have to see what the insect folk say :).

sangio7 wrote:

12 Nov 2023

A closer inspection of the location on 4th November showed several pairs of these galls on the same and adjacent young E. blakelyi saplings, as well as several incipient galls, ie only the part that attaches the gum-nut-imitating part to the leaf was formed. The same trees had a couple of other types of galls including that posted in my sighting 4526309 and a type matching sighting 4525327.

RogerF wrote:

12 Nov 2023

I wonder if a bird such as a Pardalote has pecked open the gall to remove the occupant, possibly a fat psyllid?

Heinol wrote:

24 Feb 2026

Perhaps Apiomorpha pharetrata. Check this site: https://southernforestlife.net/happenings/2024/galls-a-home-you-can-eat

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sangio7 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scale insects & mealybugs (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) Insects

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