Tag Archives: leaf roll

Celebrating Silky Willow

Posted on February 19, 2023 by Charley Eiseman

Simply not mowing the lawn, and welcoming whatever plants decide to grow in its place, has done wonders for the biodiversity of our yard. But we have also welcomed gifts of native plants from friends, and today I’d like to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ant, Caloptilia, Caloptilia stigmatella, cocoon, extrafloral nectary, Formicidae, genitalia, Gracillariidae, Ichneumonidae, larva, leaf mine, leaf roll, moth, Nematinae, parasitism, parasitoid, Phyllonorycter, Phyllonorycter scudderella, Platygastridae, pupa, Salicaceae, Salix, Salix sericea, sawfly, silky willow, Tenthredinidae, Thrinax, Thrinax dubitata, wasp, willow | 5 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 11

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Now that I’ve declared my intention to find as many sawfly larvae as possible, they’re starting to show up everywhere I look. Today Julia and I made a rare trip away from home, lured by the news from my mother … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Agromyzidae, Amelanchier, Aphrophoridae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Betula, Betulaceae, birch, black cherry, butterfly, casebearer, Coleophora, Coleophora pruniella, Coleophoridae, Colias, Collembola, Daucus carota, Diptera, Dolerus, egg, Epermenia, Epermenia albapunctella, Epermeniidae, flesh fly, fly, fox grape, Galium, Galium mollugo, gall, globular springtail, goldenrod, gooseberry, Gracillariidae, grape, Grossulariaceae, harvestman, Heliopsis helianthoides, Heliozela aesella, Heliozelidae, Hymenoptera, larva, leaf roll, Lepidoptera, Liriomyza, Liriomyza arctii, Liriomyza eupatorii, Liriomyza galiivora, Opiliones, oxeye, Pamphiliidae, Pamphilius, paper birch, Parornix, Philaenus spumarius, Phyllocnistis, Phyllocnistis vitifoliella, Pieridae, Prunus, Prunus serotina, pussy willow, Ribes, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Salicaceae, Salix, Salix discolor, Sarcophagidae, sawfly, shadbush, Solidago, spittlebug, springtail, sulphur, Tenthredinidae, thrips, Thysanoptera, Vitaceae, Vitis, Vitis labrusca, wild carrot, wild madder, willow | 12 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

Monthly Mystery #22: Bunchberry Squiggles

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Charley Eiseman

Last week I was back in Maine to finish up work on the natural resource inventories I’ve been conducting there. On Tuesday, some reddish lines radiating from bunchberry (Cornus canadensis / Chamaepericlymenum canadense) leaf bases caught my eye. The first set of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, alternate-leaved dogwood, Antispila, bunchberry, Caloptilia, Caloptilia cornusella, Chamaepericlymenum canadense, cocoon, Cornaceae, Cornus alternifolia, Cornus canadensis, Diptera, dogwood, fly, Gracillariidae, Heliozelidae, larva, leaf mine, leaf roll, Maine, moth, Phytomyza agromyzina, pupa | 4 Comments

Horse Balm Bugs

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Charley Eiseman

Back in September, Noah asked me if I had any interest in some galls he’d found on horse balm (Collinsonia canadensis), a native woodland mint that looks like this: He described them as “like giant butterfly eggs,” and the photo he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged caterpillar, Cecidomyiidae, Collinsonia canadensis, Crambidae, Dasineura, Dasineura collinsoniae, Diptera, flower, gall, gall midge, horse balm, Lamiaceae, larva, leaf roll, mint, moth, Orange Mint Moth, Pyraloidea, Pyrausta, Pyrausta niveicilialis, Pyrausta orphisalis, White-fringed Pyrausta Moth | 5 Comments

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Celebrating Silky Willow

The Yard List(s), Part 11

The Yard List(s), Part 7

Monthly Mystery #22: Bunchberry Squiggles

Horse Balm Bugs

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