Monthly Archives: November 2013

Two-year Gall

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

This may be a pretty generic-looking gall wasp (Cynipidae), but it has an interesting history.  My first visit to Nantucket, in September 2011, was an intensive four-day survey with Noah Charney and Sydne Record in which we documented as many … Continue reading →

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Sweater-wearing Springtail

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

One of the nice byproducts of rearing leafminers is that in checking the vials every day, I get to see some interesting tiny bugs I never would have seen otherwise (in addition to the actual leafminers and their parasitoids).  There … Continue reading →

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Oak Slug

Posted on November 23, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

On June 23, 2012, I was working in northern Maine when I noticed some leaf mines I didn’t recognize on a red oak (Quercus rubra) sapling.  I paused to photograph them, and within a few minutes it was raining.  While … Continue reading →

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Wood Anemone Caterpillar

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

In April 2012, I noticed some sawfly leaf mines on wood anemone (Anemone quinquefolia) that I knew had not been documented before, so I collected some to try and rear them. One plant had so many mines that I decided … Continue reading →

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More Mallow Miners

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

A few weeks ago I wrote about a mystery plant from Arizona that I suspected was a mallow because of its leaf mines and the fly that had emerged from one of them.  Among the few responses I got, there … Continue reading →

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Fall Cleaning

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

The November before last I posted a picture of some wasp larvae a friend had found in the burrow of a wood-boring beetle larva while whittling by a campfire.  The following May, I posted photos of the adult pteromalids.  I suppose it was … Continue reading →

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Magnolia Green Jumper

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

Another fancy bug from Florida… This magnolia green jumper (Salticidae: Lyssomanes viridis) was more concerned with crunching some tasty red morsel into a pulp than with running away from my lens, so I managed some decent shots: There’s something a … Continue reading →

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Oak Treehopper

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

I’m home from a great weekend at the Nantucket Biodiversity Research Conference, and now back to the business of sorting through my photos from this spring in Florida.  This snazzy Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata) looks like the sort of thing you … Continue reading →

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Monthly Mystery #12: Sea Lavender Miners

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

I’ve just arrived on Nantucket, where this weekend I’ll be presenting at the 5th Biennial Nantucket Biodiversity Research Conference about my multi-year survey of gall-making and leaf-mining insects on the island.  So for this month’s mystery, I thought I’d feature a … Continue reading →

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