no, i didn't know that off the top of my head. :) i love random searches for interesting stuff. and this one had a fringe benefit; i finally found what critter is infesting my wild rose bush.
Thank you! I'd wondered, every time I saw it hidden to the back of a shelf, for years, but somehow never thought to google for "oak gall hedgehog". (Well, I guess when I found it it would have been Alta Vista, and would have been feeble.)
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Re: headless psychedelic hedgehog at age 6.
Date: 2004-02-27 07:30 pm (UTC)just in case you care, this is actually called a "hedgehog gall", and it's caused by a cynipid (gall wasp).
http://www.ppdl.org/dd/images/hedgehog_gall-oak.jpeg
http://www.oldhouseweb.com/gardening/garden/visuals/oakgal05.jpg
no, i didn't know that off the top of my head. :) i love random searches for interesting stuff. and this one had a fringe benefit; i finally found what critter is infesting my wild rose bush.
Re: headless psychedelic hedgehog at age 6.
Date: 2004-02-27 08:05 pm (UTC)