Spiderbubbles (?) on TomMcCall Point

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Sönke
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Spiderbubbles (?) on TomMcCall Point

Post by Sönke » December 30th, 2013, 10:53 pm

I know this is probably not the right time of the year for that question but I went through a few pictures of Tom McCall Point I took last spring and I remembered these weird looking bubbles or cocoons hanging from the branches of the oak trees. Someone told me those are spider nests, but I can't find anything about it on the web.
Does someone here know what those balls are and which animal builds those?
Thanks!
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Re: Spiderbubbles (?) on TomMcCall Point

Post by retired jerry » December 30th, 2013, 10:56 pm

oak galls?
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Re: Spiderbubbles (?) on TomMcCall Point

Post by Sönke » December 30th, 2013, 11:00 pm

Just googled it. That's looking good. So it's wasps not spiders. Thanks!
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Re: Spiderbubbles (?) on TomMcCall Point

Post by Born2BBrad » December 31st, 2013, 8:36 am

AKA oak apples.

Lots of them on the Lyle Cherry Orchard Trail.
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Re: Spiderbubbles (?) on TomMcCall Point

Post by adamschneider » January 1st, 2014, 3:25 pm

Lots of different critters cause plants to form galls; on oak trees it's usually (or maybe always?) wasps.
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