Timothy Boomer Captures the Uncanny World of Insect Galls
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Nature photographer Timothy Boomer uses focus-stacking of hundreds or thousands of images to reveal the intricate, geometric beauty of plant galls induced by cynipid wasps—tiny, bizarrely colorful growths ranging from ruddy brown to vibrant pinks and yellows that serve as nurseries for wasp larvae.
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