Insect Gall

Last spring, some insect buried an egg inside this reed and the plant grew this gall induced by a chemical injected by the parent or formed by the larvae that altered its structural development protecting the larvae inside.

I liked its colour and texture, it looks like old leather.

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Uploaded on January 13, 2007
Taken on January 13, 2007