Hoopla!

[diamond_geyser]

BoingBoing has just taught me that trees can get parasitic infections called galls. The bobbling below was caused by a naughty wasp:

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[strange_powers]

Cheerios, surely.

The more I look at that photo, the iller I feel.

[diamond_geyser]

Just tell yourself it's how trees dress up as witches for Hallowe'en. What need they of glueing Rice Krispies to their faces for warts, when there are wasps!

(Also be grateful the yick doesn't keep appearing as an LJ icon as you idly scroll your f-list, pesky yucketty pigs heads grumble grumble...)

[diamond_geyser]

Yes, but some repetitive interlocking shapes are both deadly & hella cool...