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Crick22 Asheville, NC Aug 08, 2007

Anyone know what hides within? Near Asheville NC in shrubbery/trees at far edge of yard.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 08, 2007

Why not open it and find out? There are lots of different larvae called leaf-rollers, and some spiders will do that too.

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starlight1153 Seale, AL(Zone 8b) Aug 08, 2007

You also might ask on the hummingbird and butterfly forum. Could possibly be a butterfly or moth in there.

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maccionoadha Halifax, MA(Zone 6a) Aug 08, 2007

This looks like Azalea Gall, it's caused by the Exobasidium vaccinii fungus. Check out this web page from Cornell:
http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/azaleagall/azaleagall.htm

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Aug 08, 2007

O geeze, I didn't see the galls on the leaf, I thought they were fruit or flowers!

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Crick22 Asheville, NC Aug 08, 2007

Thanks for the comments & suggestions. I did not want to open one yet in case the 'critters' or whatever were valuable to the environment. But I will try to watch what happens. I will check on the Azalea gall but this shrub is a non-blooming "trash" type thing and there are no azaleas around if that matters. The rest of the shrub looks healthy. Thanks again.

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 09, 2007

Still galls. Caused by insects. Just don't know which kind....
Here is a NC web site about galls http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O%26T/trees/note05/rolypoly2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O%26T/trees/note05/note05.html&h=663&w=932&sz=265&hl=en&start=107&um=1&tbnid=e49-XiykPnAUBM:&tbnh=105&tbnw=147&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgalls%26start%3D100%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DHPIA,HPIA:2005-37,HPIA:en%26sa%3DN

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