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Monthly Archives: May 2020
The Yard List(s), Part 9
Things are really picking up now… First of all, I collected something from the arborvitae hedge at the end of the day yesterday that I didn’t get around to investigating until this morning. There were two of these little white … Continue reading
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Tagged Acordulecera, Agromyza, Agromyza aristata, Agromyzidae, American elm, Anthomyiidae, apple, Argyresthia, Argyresthiidae, Asteraceae, beetle, Betula, Betula lenta, Betulaceae, birch, black birch, black raspberry, Castanea, Chalepini, Chalepus, Chalepus bicolor, chestnut, Chrysomelidae, cocoon, Coleophora, Coleophora comptoniella, Coleophora serratella, Coleoptera, Corylus, Cosmopterigidae, Cosmopterix, Cosmopterix gemmiferella, deertongue grass, Dichanthelium, Dichanthelium clandestinum, Diptera, elm, Fagaceae, fly, goldenrod, Gracillariidae, grass, hazelnut, Hymenoptera, Japanagromyza viridula, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Leucospilapteryx, Malus, Marmara, new species, oak, Orchestes, Orchestes mixtus, Pegomya, Pegomya rubivora, Pergidae, Phytomyza, Phytomyza solidaginophaga, Poaceae, Quercus, Quercus rubra, raspberry, red oak, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus occidentalis, sawfly, Solidago, Solidago canadensis, Solidago rugosa, stem mine, Sumitrosis, Sumitrosis inaequalis, Thuja, Ulmaceae, Ulmus, Ulmus americana
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The Yard List(s), Part 8
You may recall that back in early April I said that this year I would be listing not just the leafminers and edible plants I find in my yard, but also the sawfly larvae. So ever since I spotted the Monoctenus … Continue reading
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Tagged Argidae, beetle, black cherry, cherry, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Gracillariidae, Hymenoptera, larva, Lepidoptera, Marmara, moth, Orchestes, Orchestes pallicornis, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Rosaceae, sawfly, stem mine, Sterictiphora, weevil
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The Yard List(s), Part 7
Last night I finished revising and updating the Lepidoptera chapter for the second edition of Leafminers of North America, and when I got to the end I was reminded that some species of Leucania (like the ill-fated one I wrote about … Continue reading
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Tagged Agromyzidae, ash, Aulagromyza, Aulagromyza cornigera, beetle, black cherry, Brachys, Brachys aerosus, Buprestidae, Caloptilia, Caloptilia serotinella, Caprifoliaceae, Chalepini, Chalepus, Chalepus walshii, cherry, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Fagaceae, Fraxinus, Fraxinus americana, Gracillariidae, grass, leaf mine, leaf roll, Lepidoptera, Lonicera, Marmara, Marmara fraxinella, Marmara fraxinicola, moth, oak, Oleaceae, Orchestes, Orchestes pallicornis, Phalaris arundinacea, Poaceae, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Quercus, Quercus rubra, red oak, reed canary grass, Rosaceae, stem mine, weevil, white ash
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The Yard List(s), Part 6
First of all, check out this lovely rhodora (Ericaceae: Rhododendron canadense): This is a shrub of bogs and other wet habitats that I don’t get to see very often—or didn’t until now. I picked this one up last fall at … Continue reading
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Tagged Agromyzidae, Aulagromyza, Aulagromyza cornigera, black cherry, blackberry, Caloptilia, Caloptilia serotinella, Caprifoliaceae, cherry, Coleophora, Coleophora cretaticostella, Diptera, fly, Gracillariidae, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Lonicera, moth, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Prunus virginiana, Rosaceae, Rubus
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The Yard List(s), Part 5
Back on May 5, spring was cooking along; flowers were opening on the Virginia bluebells that I had completely forgotten we had planted among the ostrich ferns under the old apple tree last year. But a few days later we … Continue reading
52 Wasp Pickup
Back on April 7, Noah stopped by to get some eggs and some seeds for his vegetable garden. Just as he arrived and Julia was walking up to meet him, she spotted a caterpillar with a tiny wasp on it. … Continue reading
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Tagged Braconidae, caterpillar, chalcid, cocoon, Cotesia, Eulophidae, Eulophus, Euplectrus, Hymenoptera, hyperparasitoid, ichneumon wasp, Ichneumonidae, Itoplectis, larva, Lepidoptera, Leucania, Microgastrinae, Noctuidae, parasitism, parasitoid, wasp
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The Yard List(s), Part 4
May has started off with a string of beautiful, sunny days, and more new birds have been announcing their arrival each day. On the 1st it was the blue-headed vireo; on the 2nd a ruby-throated hummingbird joined the myriad bees, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alticini, beetle, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Dibolia, Dibolia borealis, flea beetle, leaf mine, Plantaginaceae, Plantago, Plantago major, plantain
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Sawfly Surprise
As I’ve mentioned a few times before, I’m starting to work on a hostplant-based guide to sawfly larvae that will be arranged similarly to my leafminer guide. In addition to reviewing the existing sawfly literature, I’ve been sporadically collecting larvae … Continue reading
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Tagged Arge, Argidae, Betulaceae, chalcid, cocoon, Corylus, Eulophidae, hazelnut, Hymenoptera, larva, Nantucket, parasitism, parasitoid, sawfly, Tetrastichinae
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