Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Patterns of Recycling

Some of the maple trees shedding their leaves in Thetis Lake Regional Park are playing host to some other species that is leaving interesting patterns on their leaves. I don't know whether these circular patches filled with black dots are the eggs of some insect or the the results of a fungus or....

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2 comments:

  1. JoJoOctober 17, 2012 at 5:59 PM

    Striking, but a little troubling as well. Hope the trees aren't in danger.

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  2. StephanieOctober 17, 2012 at 10:00 PM

    Nice capture. Looks to me a fungus, but could be wrong.

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