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Welcome to Gallformers
The place to identify and learn about galls on plants in the US and Canada.
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Try and get an Identity for a gall by providing known information.
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Explore Galls (including Undescribed species) and Host Plants.
Here is a random gall from our database. This one is called
Cynips heldae (agamic)
and the photo was taken by
Roxanne Moger
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Resources
Our guide to gall identification.
Detailed descriptions for our key filters.
Glossary for plant and insect terms.
To ID galls and other plant symptoms in Europe, visit
bladmineerders.nl
Interesting Reading
If you are new to galls
Charley Eiseman
and Noah Charney's
Tracks & Signs of Insects & Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species
is a good place to start learning. It covers a lot more than just galls and is an excellent resource.
A long-anticipated update to
Russo's guide to galls of the Western US
was recently released by Princeton University Press.
Some
advice on finding galls
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