All images on this website have been taken in Leicestershire and Rutland by NatureSpot members. We welcome new contributions - just register and use the Submit Records form to post your photos. Click on any image below to visit the species page. The RED / AMBER / GREEN dots indicate how easy it is to identify the species - see our Identification Difficulty page for more information. A coloured rating followed by an exclamation mark denotes that different ID difficulties apply to either males and females or to the larvae - see the species page for more detail.
Oddities
It can be challenging enough to identify the species you have come across, but sometimes nature throws a curve ball so it can be almost impossible to know what you are looking at! Here are a few of these natural oddities we have come across in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Galls
Galls are abnormal growths on plants and fungi induced by another species, living in or on the host, which causes the cells to enlarge or multiply abnormally to create food and shelter for the gall-causer. There are hundreds of different galls that can be recognised and the NatureSpot gallery on illustrates many of these. Here are a few examples:
 on host Rosa canina Leicester Road Sapcote SP 4963 9335 (taken 11.8.2008)_gall.JPG)
