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Question: Sorry didnt keep it or photo inside as I thought I could just find picture to match.. Anyway when I …
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Sorry didnt keep it or photo inside as I thought I could just find picture to match.. Anyway when I cut open the inside flesh was very firm and to me like an unripe pear in texture, there was a very small dark area at the center, couldnt make out anything like a seed though. I dont think there was any hole like i would see in an oak gall that hatched. I remeber seeing a second one nearby also on the ground, didn’t examine that one.
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Dear P.Smith-80, good morning. That does sound like an oak gall. There would not be any hole until the larva exits. The dark center is something I note when I have examined these galls. Eventually, the flesh you describe becomes more like fibers radiating out from the center of the gall. Best wishes.