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on Casuarina

Eriophyid mite galls on cultivated Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia.

Perhaps Decaisnina? With flower buds

an insect shelter?

a mold?

This little insect produced these leaf curling galls which encased their nests inside the curled leaf. The galls were on a species of Eucalyptus.
Not sure what they're called.

Galls on Leptospermum spinescens ?

Interesting fasciated (crested) foliage

What is this mystery bronze spot on the leaf? The leaf is from a Eucalyptus sp.

I have no idea what this will grow into. It appeared on my deck railing. Only 2mm.

Host: Eucalyptus camaldulensis.

With Gall

Virus? On Banksia marginata

Host: Eucalyptus camaldulensis.

On Casuarina glauca. Three or four dead trees close by had this fungus in different stages of fruit development.

Sighting and photos (c) lync.
Field Notes - Galls of adult females on Leptospermum. One gall has exit hole of parasitoid. Fruit of host also shown.

is this endoparastic plants? or wasp galls?

galls on Melaleuca acuminata

Maybe a gall? coming from the trunk small tree. Did not take good enough note of what species the plant was but maybe Pomaderris or one of the daisies. There is a dried up daisy flower in the image.

Male Leaf gall? Largest individual gall = ca 3mm diam. The leaf is probably from a Red Box.

Male galls on Eucalyptus leucoxylon subsp. connata.

On Eucalypt.
Query

Insect galls on a Brachychiton.

Galls

Hairy podlet galler

Host species is Acacia paradoxa

Gall on flower of Acacia leiocalyx https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/43175159

Host species Acacia acinacea

I haven't any idea what this is.

The last photo also has the galls of unknown wasp, possibly a Trichilogaster species, which could be a vector.

probably some kind of larvae

An undescribed Dasineura sp. (Robin Adair pers.comm.).

I was sure I had posted these before, but can find no record of them on iNaturalist, so am reposting.

in the branch axil of Acacia terminalis

Gall on Casuarina cristata

Gall with entry/exit hole in Drooping Mistletoe juvenile branches

Gall established on phyllode of Acacia colletioides.

saw fly?

Early stage of gall formation on a male Allocasuarina verticillata

Galls on Drooping Mistletoe Amyema pendula

The round structures are a gall on Melaleuca incana

Noticed this unusual pink flower like structure growing on the leaves of a Wattle tree.

On trunk of small Grey Box. About 25mm long.

Found on a sticky hop bush. Dodnaea. 10-12mm height. Looks like a type of native gall wasp sac?

Gall on Acacia sp.

Eucalyptus leaf galls.

Crazy galls on banksia stems.

Leaf galls, and lots of 'em. On a gum tree of some kind.

Galls on a Calothamnus lateralis, cutting them open revealed thrips. See next observation for host.