196/365: "The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives." ~ Albert Einstein

2 more pictures in notes above! :)

The other day I was walking down our road to get the mail when I noticed something round and glowing on some Oak leaves. I was surprised to see nearly a dozen galls very close together on a number of leaves. These fascinating things actually contain the larva of a Speckled Oak Gall Wasp. There are many kinds of Gall Wasps, and there are many shapes of the galls which form around the eggs layed on leaves. The larva eat the tissue inside the galls and eventually emerge as adults! Would you like to see the inside of a speckled gall? Take a peek! Outside and Inside an Oak Gall If you would like to know more about wasp galls, Wiki has a very good page here: Wikipedia: Gall Wasp

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the general theory of relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and the most influential physicist of the 20th century. While best known for his mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc2 (which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation"), he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect". The latter was pivotal in establishing quantum theory. Wikipedia: Albert Einstein

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