Sometimes I forget how cool my graduate research is. Today I got to photograph some Amphibolips quercusinanis oak galls from Virginia!

More galls ENHS British Plant Galls

Picture of sufficiently low quality I thought these were live oak leaves with Belonocnema galls

We just published a study describing 22 new #gall #wasp species!!! We named our new species after lots of exciting individuals, including pop culture, mythology, and folk stories, and a few other surprises. You can see the new study on my website here: lfnastasi.wordpress.com/.../nastasi-et…...

Lol I just noticed that this process is literally what's depicted on the cover of my plant biochem and molbio textbook

Beautiful work! It's great to see progress being made on describing the huge biodiversity associated with oak galls in North America!

I came across a new plant parasite on Meadowsweet alongside the River Trym in Blaise Woods today - these are galls produced by larvae of the midge Dasineura pustulans. British Plant Galls Somanygalls Gallformers.org #TwitterNatureCommunity