felix gall for the win on sat. on the Piancavallo

#giroditalia2026 #GirodItalia

#cycling
#gall

Andricus coriarius? (fam. Cynipidae)

[ES] Por si la agalla en sí no fuera lo bastante curiosa, enicma tiene esas pústulas rojizas, supongo que de algún hongo. Encontrada sobre un rebollo (Quercus pyrenaica).

[EN] The form of this gall captured my attention and then I saw the curious red scabs on its surface, maybe from a fungus? Found in an oak (Quercus pyrenaica).

2026/05/14, provincia de/province of Cáceres (Spain)

ISO 1600, s 1/200, f/5,6. A pulso/Handheld.

#hymenoptera #cynipidae #andricus #andricuscoriarius
#agalla #gall #avispa #wasp #bicho #bug #insecto #insects
#nature #naturaleza
A flight over what I saw on today’s walk. #Wisconsin #March #SandhillCrane #LichenSubscribe #Gall

Step 8-1/2 A month later toddler and I actually found time to experiment a bit with the ink.

We (tbh, this has not been a fully 50/50 partnership..) unfortunately didn't have a fountain pen to play with so made stamps.

One from mushrooms, one from an #oak #gall and one birch leaf. We also used a pencil.

Results are interesting. With some fine tuning we got a VERY black, black. I suspect it might be extremely corrosive to the paper. We'll see. Looks super pretty and stains well.

#InkMaking

In summer when I was looking for galls to photograph for National Gall Week, I suspected that many were high above in the trees. Come autumn some of the leafy sort began drifting to ground...the first I noticed literally fell into my lap as I was sitting for a coffee break while woodcutting! That one is yet to come, this one came along the next day (mid October). Possibly Poplar Gall Mite Phyllocoptes populi, on a leaf of Populus balsamifera Balsam
Poplar
#Alberta #insects #Gall #Mite #nature