Tag Archives: Curculionidae

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

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 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

Complete leafminer guide now available!

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Charley Eiseman

This weekend I finished the first edition of my Leafminers of North America e-book—1857 pages long (plus a 54-page table of contents, 20-page glossary, and 68-page bibliography), and illustrated with thousands of color photographs. To purchase it or learn more about … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, Argidae, beetle, Calycomyza, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Diptera, fly, Hymenoptera, larva, leaf mine, leafminer, new species, Orchestes, Orchestes pallicornis, sawfly, Sterictiphora, weevil | 7 Comments

Acorn Weevils

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

It’s another mast year for red oak (Quercus rubra) in my neck of the woods, which means that for the past couple of weeks, large nuts have been raining down from the treetops, making it a little treacherous to go for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged acorn, beetle, Coleoptera, Curculio, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Fagaceae, larva, oak, Quercus, Quercus rubra, red oak, weevil | 5 Comments

Connecticut BioBlitz

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

A month ago Dave Wagner got in touch with me and Julia, saying we were needed at the 2016 Connecticut State BioBlitz on June 3 and 4. He wanted to make sure leafminers were properly represented in this attempt to break … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2016 Connecticut State BioBlitz, Agromyzidae, Aleiodes, Amelanchier, Argidae, aster, Asteraceae, bee, beetle, BioBlitz, black cherry, black locust, Braconidae, Bucculatrix, Bucculatrix angustata, caterpillar, Cerambycidae, Ceresa, Coccinellidae, cocoon, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Cydia, Cydia nigricana, Diapheromera femorata, Diapheromeridae, Erigeron, Fabaceae, Fagaceae, flea weevil, Gracillariidae, Hymenoptera, Hypera, Hypera rumicis, lady beetle, larva, leaf mine, leafcutter bee, leafminer, longhorned beetle, Mantura, Mantura floridana, Marmara, Mathildana newmanella, Megachile, Megachilidae, Membracidae, Metriorrhynchomiris dislocatus, Miridae, Nematus, Nematus tibialis, Nemorimyza posticata, northern walkingstick, oak, Oecophoridae, Orchestes, Orchestes pallicornis, parasitism, parasitoid, Periclista, Phasmida, Polygonaceae, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Quercus, Robinia pseudoacacia, Rosaceae, Rumex, Rumex acetosella, sawfly, shadbush, snail, Sterictiphora, Strangalepta abbreviata, Symphyotrichum, Tenthredinidae, Tortricidae, treehopper, Viburnum dentatum, walkingstick, weevil | 10 Comments

Virginia Creeper Weevils, Revisited

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Charley Eiseman

You may recall that last year I wrote about an interesting weevil I found one day while at work in some horrible swamp in southeastern Massachusetts. Or rather, what I found were pairs of mysterious yellow larvae mining side by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ceutorhynchinae, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, larva, leaf mine, new species, Orchestomerus, Orchestomerus eisemani, Parthenocissus, Virginia creeper, Vitaceae | 15 Comments

Virginia Creeper Miners

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Charley Eiseman

A year ago today, I was finishing up several weeks of fighting my way through horrible thickets of sweet pepperbush and greenbrier in southeastern Massachusetts, where I was visiting pre-established plots to identify plants for the UMass CAPS project. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Antispila, Antispila ampelopsifoliella, beetle, Ceutorhynchinae, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Gracillariidae, Heliozelidae, larva, leaf mine, moth, new species, Orchestomerus, Parthenocissus, Phyllocnistis, Phyllocnistis ampelopsiella, Virginia creeper, Vitaceae, weevil | 11 Comments

Mullein Weevils

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Charley Eiseman

As anticipated, Julia and I have been filling our front yard with fruit trees and a vegetable garden, and letting most of the remaining lawn grow into a meadow–not out of laziness but from a desire to turn this sterile mini-landscape into habitat … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged beetle, bird, bird sign, calico pennant, Caryophyllaceae, Celithemis, Celithemis elisa, cinquefoil, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, downy woodpecker, dragonfly, Libellulidae, mullein, Picidae, Picoides, Picoides pubescens, Potentilla, Potentilla simplex, Rhinusa tetra, Rosaceae, Scrophulariaceae, skimmer, Stellaria, Stellaria graminea, Verbascum thapsus, weevil, woodpecker | 11 Comments

Tag Archives: Curculionidae

Carrot Stem Dwellers

The Yard List(s), Part 10

The Yard List(s), Part 8

The Yard List(s), Part 7

Complete leafminer guide now available!

Acorn Weevils

Connecticut BioBlitz

Virginia Creeper Weevils, Revisited

Virginia Creeper Miners

Mullein Weevils

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