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ID of growth please. (1 Viewer)

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Can anybody tell me what sort of growth this is. It was on a Wild rose. I do not know if it is animal or plant.
 

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Looks like a plant gall "Rose Bedeguar" or "Robin's pin cushion" caused by a gall wasp Diplolepis rosae. It's part of the plant, but caused by an animal.
 
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