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Tag Archives: Pnigalio
Pesky Parasitoids, Part 2
Back in August I gave a talk and co-led a walk at an event in southern Ohio called “On the Trail of E. Lucy Braun”, a celebration of the life and work of a renowned Ohio botanist and conservationist. I was there, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betulaceae, Brachys, Buprestidae, chalcid, Coleoptera, Eulophidae, hophornbeam, Hymenoptera, larva, leaf mine, Ostrya virginiana, parasitism, parasitoid, Pnigalio, pupa, wasp
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Pesky Parasitoids
A big “thank you” to my first 13 patrons! I’m almost done writing the main introductory chapter that I’ve been putting off dealing with for a few years now, and soon I’ll get to work trying to put together a … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkshire BioBlitz, Betula, Betula lenta, Betulaceae, birch, black birch, Eulophidae, Hymenoptera, larva, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, moth, Nepticulidae, parasitism, parasitoid, Pnigalio, wasp
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Hiding in Plain Sight
…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
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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
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Updates On Some Mystery Moths
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
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Ragweed Residents
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
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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
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Tuliptree Leafminer
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
