Stumbled onto this gem while admiring observations in iNaturalist's Gall Week 2025 project. The two-tailed gumtree gall (Apiomorpha duplex) is, per "Brisbane Insects and Spiders" blog, the world's largest gall. Like many galls made by scale insects in the Eriococcidae, the species makes sexually-dimorphic galls. This gall is induced by a female; male galls are knobs on leaves and don't seem to be photographed much. #GallWeek2025 #eucalyptus #gall #galls #homoptera #insect #gumtree #entomology #inaturalist #australia
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/312424393

Tiens ? des épines qui bougent sur cet argousier.
Le Demi-diable (Centrotus cornutus), de l'ordre des Homoptères (comme les Cigales, les Cercopes et les Cicadelles). On n'en voit pas tous les jours.
Pratique la poignée sur le dos !
#insecte #Homoptera