Exotic or Local?

[calibanzwei]

Spotted this near by bus stop and is one of those things that makes you wonder 'what the hell is that?'
Any ideas?

 

[locum76]

Its a gall on a rose bush.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall

Rob

 

[Toddy]

That's a beautiful photo of one too
Would you mind if I copied it for my Roses file ?

cheers,
Toddy

 

[calibanzwei]

Please do
Just took it with my Samsung Tocco - on some photo's the 'red' seems too strong, something to do with the white balance but I think this one came out spot on!

 

[Paganwolf]

Commonly known as a Robins Pincushion

 

[calibanzwei]

Cheers all - another added to my ID'd scrapbook