Elderberry Pests

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• fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

  July 2023

  it looks like a gall caused by a wasp.
  

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• nutcutlet Posts: 27,445

  July 2023

  They're not really pests, they don't do damage.
  I'm a bit doubtful about that being an Elder, they have opposite leaves

  
  
  In the sticks near Peterborough

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• Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

  July 2023

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Leaves of Sambucus nigra aka Elderberry 
  

  
  Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Rubytoo Posts: 1,630

  July 2023 edited July 2023

  Possibly Prunus padus (Bird Cherry). Alternately opposite leaves, and could account for the small black fruits?
  
  Try here if no one can identify it for you.
  
  https://www.britishplantgallsociety.org/
  
  Also Nature spot has seven pages of various galls.
  
  https://www.naturespot.org.uk/gallery/galls?page=0
  
  
  

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