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A Curious Flower

Posted on July 22, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Today I break my four-month silence to bring you this: Yesterday morning while we were eating breakfast on the back deck, Julia exclaimed something like “The poop beetles are eating the groundcherry!” This wasn’t news to me; a week or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beetle, Chrysomelidae, larva, leaf beetle, Lema, nightshade, Physalis, Solanaceae | 10 Comments

Carrot Stem Dwellers

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Carrot (Apiaceae: Daucus carota) is native to Europe but widely cultivated and has become a ubiquitous weed in North America (also known as Queen Anne’s lace), so you’d think we’d have a pretty good handle on what bugs eat it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Agromyzidae, Alysiinae, Apiaceae, beetle, black swallowtail, booklouse, Braconidae, Bradysia, Bradysia impatiens, butterfly, caterpillar, chalcid, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, dark-winged fungus gnat, Daucus carota, Diptera, Entedoninae, Epermenia, Epermenia albapunctella, Epermeniidae, Eulophidae, fungus gnat, Gracillariidae, Herbertia, Hymenoptera, inquiline, larva, leaf mine, leafminer, Lepidoptera, Liposcelidae, Liposcelis, Listronotus, Marmara, Miscogastrinae, Ophiomyia, Opiinae, Papilio, Papilio polyxenes, Papilionidae, parasitism, parasitoid, parsley family, Psocodea, Pteromalidae, puparium, Sciaridae, stem borer, stem mine, swallowtail, wasp, web, weevil, wild carrot | 4 Comments

Life in a Wingstem Stem

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

On May 8 last year, Julia and I visited her family’s land in Hocking County, Ohio (which we’ll be doing again today, as it happens), and for whatever reason, a little clump of dead wingstem (Asteraceae: Verbesina alternifolia) stems from … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, Asteraceae, beetle, Brachistinae, Brachistini, Braconidae, Cecidomyiidae, Coleoptera, Diptera, Figitidae, fly, gall, gall midge, Hymenoptera, larva, Melanagromyza, Melanagromyza vernoniana, Mordellidae, Neolasioptera, Neolasioptera imprimata, parasitism, parasitoid, Platygaster, Platygastridae, pupa, puparium, stem borer, tumbling flower beetle, Verbesina, Verbesina alternifolia, wasp, wingstem | 4 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 10

Posted on June 7, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Yikes, I let more than a week go by since my last report on the yard lists. I guess I’m due for an update! First the leafminers… #32: Pegomya bicolor section (Anthomyiidae). On May 30 I saw the beginnings of mines … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acordulecera, Agromyza, Agromyza alnibetulae, Agromyza princei, Agromyzidae, Anthomyiidae, Argidae, ash, aspen, Athyriaceae, Athyrium, Athyrium angustum, beebalm, beetle, Betula, Betula papyrifera, Betulaceae, bigtooth aspen, birch, black cherry, black raspberry, Caloptilia, Caloptilia fraxinella, Calycomyza, Calycomyza menthae, cherry, Chrysomelidae, clover, cocoon, Coleoptera, Conotrachelus nenuphar, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, curly dock, Dichanthelium, Diptera, dock, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, fern, fly, Fraxinus, Fraxinus americana, Glyphuroplata pluto, Gracillariidae, grass, Hymenoptera, lady fern, Lamiaceae, Landryia impositella, larva, leaf mine, Liriomyza, Liriomyza fricki, Marmara, Monarda, Monarda didyma, oak, Oleaceae, paper birch, pear, Pegomya, Pergidae, plum curculio, Poaceae, Polygonaceae, Populus, Populus grandidentata, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Quercus, Quercus rubra, raspberry, red oak, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus occidentalis, Rumex, Rumex crispus, Salicaceae, sawfly, Scythrididae, Sterictiphora, Strongylogaster, Tenthredinidae, Trifolium, Trifolium repens, weevil, white ash, white clover | 8 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 9

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 6 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 8

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 6 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 7

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | 8 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 4

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alticini, beetle, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera, Dibolia, Dibolia borealis, flea beetle, leaf mine, Plantaginaceae, Plantago, Plantago major, plantain | 2 Comments

Mallow Munchers

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Three years ago, Don and Mignon Davis described a new species of moth, Telamoptilia hibiscivora (Gracillariidae), whose larvae mine leaves of swamp rosemallow (Malvaceae: Hibiscus moscheutos) along the Atlantic Coast*. Specimens were known from Maryland, Louisiana, Texas, and adjacent Mexico, dating back … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Althaeus, beetle, Bruchinae, Chrysomelidae, cocoon, Coleoptera, Gracillariidae, Hibiscus, larva, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Malvaceae, moth, Telamoptilia hibiscivora | 1 Comment

Eggshells

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Charley Eiseman

On Monday I spotted these little eggshells on a tall blue lettuce (Lactuca biennis) plant growing under the black cherry (Prunus serotina) tree in my yard: There aren’t many insect eggs I would identify to species with confidence, but these … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Antheraea polyphemus, aphid, beetle, Callosamia promethea, caterpillar, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera, Compsilura concinnata, Diptera, egg, Harmonia axyridis, larva, Lepidoptera, moth, parasitism, parasitoid, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata, Saturniidae, Tachinidae | 8 Comments

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