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7-spot ladybird, autumn colour, Black Bryony berries, blackberries, Common Darter, Field rose hips, Guelder rose berries, Hawthorn berries, red berries, red colour in nature, Robin's pincushion
When I’m out walking at the moment, it seems that everywhere I look, I see red …
I see red
I see red
I see red
I see re-e-ed
earthstar 
As a test, I asked Google AI why so many berries are coloured red! The answers were very comprehensive! I won’t regurgitate them here. But the beetle is doing something different. Using red as an aposematic repellant rather than red as an attractant for dispersal.😁 Not sure about the gall?!
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Hi Ray. I hope to read a future blog from you on why berries are red. 🙂 My guess would be that the colour is attractive to birds and so aids in seed dispersal, as you mention. Maybe the gall colour is a by-product of / reaction to the chemical used by the larvae?
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