Robin’s Pin Cushion Gall

The Robin’s Pin Cushion (also known as a Bedeguar gall) must be one of the most attractive galls on British plants. In this case the gall has resulted from a very small wasp (Diplolepis rosae) laying its eggs in a wild rose flower bud. It is one 15 types of gall created by different organisms that have been found in Charlton Down Nature Area in Dorset to date.

Useful Books and Links

Britain’s Plant Galls – a photographic guide, Michael Chinery, Wild Guides, British Plant Gall Society, 2011, ISBN 978-190365743-0

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/galls/robins-pincushion

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplolepis_rosae