Red "berries" on live oak tree

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2:43p, 7/11/12

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My live oak suddenly looks like a holly bush. The berries appear to be some sort of insect egg. Ideas on what I've got and what, if anything, I need to do to eradicate the insect?

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2:52p, 7/11/12

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Wasp galls?

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3:05p, 7/11/12

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Yep... probably galls. This question came up a few months ago.

If I remember.... there's not much you can about them, and they generally don't harm the tree any.

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3:37p, 7/11/12

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Yep -- that's what they look like.

This may be a stupid question, but will wasps hatch out of them or is it just where they stung the tree?

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3:38p, 7/11/12

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Some kind of wasp will usually hatch out. These are parasitic wasps parasitising either other insects already in the tree or cells in the tree.