I have seen this on a few trees before but never found out what the go is.
We have a big bottlebrush in our front yard (taller then the power poles) and near the top are these growths.
You can see the difference in leaves
Can anyone tell me what this is?
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Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
its a bit hard with these pics...my guess is sawfly larvae
see if you can squirt some down with the hose
see if you can squirt some down with the hose
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Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
It might also be galls, abherrant growth/swellings caused by insect attack
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Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
It is a mistletoe in the family Loranthaceae, probably a Dendropthoe species and the native food host for Jezabel butterflies Delias. It is a parasitic plant whose seed is dropped onto the tree in bird poo and then germinates and taps into the water supply of the tree and parasitises it. It is a type of hitch-hiker. If you get a close up of the leaves or if it gets flowers I might be able to tell which one it is.
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Re: Can anyone tell me what this is?
spitfires? Although I haven't seen them since I was a kid. But we used to get them in a tree (euc I think) every year. They are ugly black things with white hairs that look like caterpillars of sorts. They a found in bunches on branches and spit some sort of liquid which burns from memory.
Oops I just googled them and they are known as sawfly larvae as banksiaman already mentioned.
Oops I just googled them and they are known as sawfly larvae as banksiaman already mentioned.
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