Gall on Big Sagebrush

Gall on Big Sagebrush

Is it a bud? For a flower?

No: a parasite filled with larvae 

which chickadee pecks to devour!

Sheri Edwards  

05.05.24   126.365.24

Poetry/Photography

Photo by Scott Hunter

The Story

https://sheri42.net/2024/05/05/gall-on-big-sagebrush/

https://flic.kr/p/2pPq1Dn

a small ecosystem in the desert, often overlooked, supports diverse life cycles

#smallpoems #clmooc  #poetry24 #poetry #bigsagebrush #insectgall 

Sagebrush Medusa Gall Midge Rhopalomyia medusa

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