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The Yard List(s), Part 31

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

The day after I wrote my last post, in which I discussed an oak leafminer I’d previously mistaken for Stigmella nigriverticella and mentioned that I’d been keeping an eye out for leaves with “green islands” blowing onto my driveway from … Continue reading →

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Green Wasps from a Green Island

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Last October I picked up a fallen black cherry (Prunus serotina) leaf from my yard because it had a good example of the “green island” phenomenon I’ve written about here and here. Apparently, endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria in certain leaf-mining larvae … Continue reading →

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Green Islands (Part 2), and Another Mystery Moth

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Charley Eiseman

(Note: For those who have already read yesterday’s post, I’ve added a little more information at the end after hearing back today from Jerry Powell, who described the genus Areniscythris in 1976.) Last January I wrote about the “green islands” … Continue reading →

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Green Islands

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Charley Eiseman

In Idaho at the end of September, 2012, Julia and I noticed some striking green spots on dogwood leaves that were otherwise senescing. As you may have noticed, each of them was centered along a major vein.  When we flipped … Continue reading →

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