14th September 2022
This red spiky growth known as Robin’s Pin Cushion is the work of the gall wasp (Diplolepsis rosae).
Red or Green, another title from the list Maria Antonia has given us for #2022picoftheweek
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What an interesting plant! I’ve never seen anything like it. And yes, it’s fits the Red or Green prompt perfectly 🙂
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Thank you, Maria. I was going to use holly berries, but I might need them for Christmas!
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The plant itself is a rose. The “Pin Cushion” is a parasitic growth made by a wasp
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That’s amazing. Wow.
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😊
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Wow! That is so cool!
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We get loads of them in our hedgerows
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Love them.
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They are colourful, lends the rose interest long after the blooms have gone. But they are parasites. But then, so is mistletoe
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Ah well… why are so many of the pretty ones parasites?
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Wonderful photo 😊
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Thank you, Pam. It was toss up. This, or one of holly berries
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