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Hazelnut Sawflies
It’s normally a little disappointing to find an ichneumon wasp in one of my rearing containers, since that generally means I failed to rear whatever insect I was trying to rear. So when this one appeared yesterday… …I braced myself … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Arge, Arge willi, Argidae, Betulaceae, Corylus, hazelnut, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, larva, parasitism, parasitoid, sawfly, Tenthredinidae, wasp
4 Comments
Celebrating Silky Willow
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
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Pine Needle Bananas – Mystery Solved!
Nine years ago this month, I published the first in a series of “monthly mystery” posts in which I wrote about nagging natural history mysteries with the hope that someone out there might have some answers, or at least suggest … Continue reading
Posted in Solved Mysteries, Uncategorized
Tagged Acantholyda, Acantholyda erythrocephala, egg, Hymenoptera, Pamphiliidae, Pinaceae, pine, pine false webworm, Pinus, Pinus strobus, sawfly, white pine
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Another Sawfly Surprise
I’m finally getting back to working on my guide to sawfly larvae, after a very busy field season followed by several weeks of focusing on writing papers—some of which have involved documenting new host records and previously undescribed sawfly larvae, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Diprionidae, Hymenoptera, larva, Neodiprion, Neodiprion lecontei, parasitism, parasitoid, Perilampidae, Perilampus, Perilampus hyalinus, sawfly
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Oak Shotholes
At the moment there are 648 observations on iNaturalist purporting to show the “oak shothole leafminer” (Agromyzidae: Japanagromyza viridula). Apparently I have personally verified 93 of them, in almost all cases based on the presence of leaf mines. Virtually all … Continue reading
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Tagged Acordulecera, Agromyzidae, Cecidomyiidae, Contarinia, Diptera, gall, gall midge, Hymenoptera, Japanagromyza viridula, larva, leaf mine, midge, oak, Pergidae, Periclista, Quercus, Quercus rubra, red oak, sawfly, Tenthredinidae
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First sawflies of the season!
I took all my overwintering larvae and pupae out of the fridge on March 1, and so far two agromyzid flies, two scathophagid flies, two braconid wasps, two eulophid wasps, and seven sawflies have emerged as adults. Apart from the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged aspen, Dolerus, Equisetum, Equisetum arvense, field horsetail, horsetail, larva, Nematinae, Populus, Populus tremuloides, quaking aspen, Salicaceae, sawfly, Tenthredinidae
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The Yard List(s), Part 12
If you have somehow been keeping up with all these posts, you will recall that back in Episode 10 I found a sawfly larva on lady fern (Athyrium angustum) next to my house. Yesterday I stepped out the front door … Continue reading
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Tagged Acrocercops astericola, Agromyzidae, Anacardiaceae, Antaeotricha, Anthomyiidae, aster, Asteraceae, Athyrium, Chirosia, Chirosia pusillans, Cicadellidae, Depressariidae, Diptera, egg, fern, fly, Gracillariidae, Hymenoptera, Impatiens, Impatiens capensis, interrupted fern, jewelweed, lady fern, larva, leaf mine, leafhopper, moth, Osmunda, Osmunda claytoniana, Osmundaceae, Phytoliriomyza melampyga, Rhus, Rhus typhina, sawfly, staghorn sumac, sumac, Symphyotrichum, Symphyotrichum lateriflorum, Tenthredinidae
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The Yard List(s), Part 11
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
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The Yard List(s), Part 10
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
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Willow Stem Galls
Swellings on willow stems can be caused by a variety of gall midges, sawflies, agromyzid flies, and buprestid beetles. In many cases I have no clue as to the identity of the gall inducer just from looking at a photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Cecidomyiidae, chalcid, Diptera, Eurytomidae, Euura, fly, gall, gall midge, Hymenoptera, parasitism, parasitoid, Pteromalidae, Salicaceae, Salix, sawfly, Tenthredinidae, wasp, willow
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