#4286 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Ash Key Gall Mite

🇳🇱 Essenbloesemmijt ·Aceria fraxinivora

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul Cook · CC BY 4.0
2. © Owen Clarkin · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mick Talbot · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © carnifex · CC BY 4.0
5. Province of Brescia, Italy:© Gabriele La Grasta · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Aveiro, Portugal:© Vasco Henrique Oliveira Fonseca · CC BY 4.0
7. Provincia di Ancona, Italia:© Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb · CC BY 4.0
8. Bad, 38259 Salzgitter, Deutschland:© Walter Wimmer · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Provincia di Ancona, Italia:© Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb · CC BY 4.0
10. Stublowe Pl, York, England, GB:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Aceria fraxinivora , also known as the cauliflower gall mite and the ash key gall , causes the growths, known as galls, found on the hanging seeds or "keys" of the common ash tree ( Fraxinus excelsior ).

base stats

NL sightings 16iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,528iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).