Holly tree (Ilex aquifolium)

Tree/Shrub Aquifoliaceae




May 23 2019 Park 
29 5 2015 Park 

Ilex, or holly, is a genus of 400 to 600 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. The species are evergreen or deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers from tropics to temperate zones worldwide.


 Small white on flowering Holly tree 




Leaf miner (Phytomyza ilicis)
Phytomyza ilicis is a (dipteran) fly that lays its eggs in holly leaves.  It is one of the few insects that is able to make use of holly leaves as a food source and somewhere to live (when a larva).








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