Tag Archives: Pnigalio

Hiding in Plain Sight

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Charley Eiseman

…would be a suitable title for any of the posts about tiny bugs that I regularly write here, I guess, but it seems especially appropriate in this case. The story begins in September 2012, when occasional BugGuide.net user Greg Dodge … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged chalcid, clover, Desmodium, Eulophidae, Fabaceae, Gracillariidae, Hemiptarsenus, Hymenoptera, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, moth, parasitism, parasitoid, Pnigalio, Pnigalio coloni, Porphyrosela, Porphyrosela desmodiella, Porphyrosela minuta, Sympiesis, Sympiesis sericeicornis, tick trefoil, Trifolium, Trifolium repens, wasp, white clover | Leave a comment

Introducing Brachys howdeni

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

The state flower of Massachusetts is mayflower, which no longer seems an appropriate name since it blooms in April these days (I even saw some flowers in March this year). Another name for this plant is trailing arbutus, and I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrena, Andrenidae, bee, bee fly, beetle, Bombyliidae, Bombylius, Bombylius major, Brachys, Brachys howdeni, Buprestidae, chalcid, Diptera, Epigaea repens, Ericaceae, Eulophidae, fly, Hymenoptera, leaf mine, metallic wood-boring beetle, mining bee, Neochrysocharis, Neochrysocharis diastatae, new species, parasitism, parasitoid, Pnigalio, wasp | 2 Comments

Updates On Some Mystery Moths

Posted on March 13, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

This month’s issue of the Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society includes an article of mine* discussing two leaf-mining moths I’ve written about here previously. The first is an oak-mining eriocraniid that I had expected to be Dyseriocrania griseocapitella when I collected the … Continue reading →

Posted in Solved Mysteries, Uncategorized | Tagged Acanthopteroctetes, Acanthopteroctetidae, chalcid, Colorado, currant, Eriocraniella, Eriocraniella platyptera, Eriocraniidae, Eulophidae, Fagaceae, larva, leafminer, Lepidoptera, moth, Nantucket, oak, parasitoid, Pnigalio, Quercus, Quercus gambelii, Quercus ilicifolia, Ribes, wasp | Leave a comment

Ragweed Residents

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Charley Eiseman

This is the time of year that everybody is ragging on ragweed (Ambrosia spp.)—at least, everyone who realizes that it is the pollen of this plant, and not goldenrod, that is responsible for their summer allergies. At times like this, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ambrosia, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, Ambrosia trifida, aphid, Asteraceae, Astrotischeria, Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella, beetle, chalcid, Chrysomelidae, cocoon, Coleoptera, common ragweed, Diptera, egg, Euaresta, Euaresta bella, Eulophidae, fly, fruit fly, giant ragweed, larva, leaf beetle, leaf mine, moth, Ophraella, Ophraella communa, parasitism, parasitoid, Pnigalio, ragweed, Tephritidae, Tischeriidae, wasp | 10 Comments

Tuliptree Leafminer

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Charley Eiseman

Eleven years ago I dug up a less than knee-high tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) sapling from my friend’s yard in southern Connecticut and planted it in my parents’ front yard in Pelham, Massachusetts. I live near this tree’s northern range limit, … Continue reading →