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Carrot Stem Dwellers

Posted on March 19, 2022 by Charley Eiseman

Carrot (Apiaceae: Daucus carota) is native to Europe but widely cultivated and has become a ubiquitous weed in North America (also known as Queen Anne’s lace), so you’d think we’d have a pretty good handle on what bugs eat it … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Agromyzidae, Alysiinae, Apiaceae, beetle, black swallowtail, booklouse, Braconidae, Bradysia, Bradysia impatiens, butterfly, caterpillar, chalcid, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, dark-winged fungus gnat, Daucus carota, Diptera, Entedoninae, Epermenia, Epermenia albapunctella, Epermeniidae, Eulophidae, fungus gnat, Gracillariidae, Herbertia, Hymenoptera, inquiline, larva, leaf mine, leafminer, Lepidoptera, Liposcelidae, Liposcelis, Listronotus, Marmara, Miscogastrinae, Ophiomyia, Opiinae, Papilio, Papilio polyxenes, Papilionidae, parasitism, parasitoid, parsley family, Psocodea, Pteromalidae, puparium, Sciaridae, stem borer, stem mine, swallowtail, wasp, web, weevil, wild carrot | 4 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 9

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

Things are really picking up now… First of all, I collected something from the arborvitae hedge at the end of the day yesterday that I didn’t get around to investigating until this morning. There were two of these little white … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Acordulecera, Agromyza, Agromyza aristata, Agromyzidae, American elm, Anthomyiidae, apple, Argyresthia, Argyresthiidae, Asteraceae, beetle, Betula, Betula lenta, Betulaceae, birch, black birch, black raspberry, Castanea, Chalepini, Chalepus, Chalepus bicolor, chestnut, Chrysomelidae, cocoon, Coleophora, Coleophora comptoniella, Coleophora serratella, Coleoptera, Corylus, Cosmopterigidae, Cosmopterix, Cosmopterix gemmiferella, deertongue grass, Dichanthelium, Dichanthelium clandestinum, Diptera, elm, Fagaceae, fly, goldenrod, Gracillariidae, grass, hazelnut, Hymenoptera, Japanagromyza viridula, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Leucospilapteryx, Malus, Marmara, new species, oak, Orchestes, Orchestes mixtus, Pegomya, Pegomya rubivora, Pergidae, Phytomyza, Phytomyza solidaginophaga, Poaceae, Quercus, Quercus rubra, raspberry, red oak, Rosaceae, Rubus, Rubus occidentalis, sawfly, Solidago, Solidago canadensis, Solidago rugosa, stem mine, Sumitrosis, Sumitrosis inaequalis, Thuja, Ulmaceae, Ulmus, Ulmus americana | 6 Comments

The Yard List(s), Part 8

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Charley Eiseman

You may recall that back in early April I said that this year I would be listing not just the leafminers and edible plants I find in my yard, but also the sawfly larvae. So ever since I spotted the Monoctenus … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Argidae, beetle, black cherry, cherry, Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculionoidea, Gracillariidae, Hymenoptera, larva, Lepidoptera, Marmara, moth, Orchestes, Orchestes pallicornis, Prunus, Prunus serotina, Rosaceae, sawfly, stem mine, Sterictiphora, weevil | 6 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

A Hard-won Moth

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Charley Eiseman

You may recall that last spring I wrote a series of three posts that each highlighted something I hoped people would keep an eye out for; the last of these was a moth whose life history I had pieced together … Continue reading →

Posted in Solved Mysteries, Uncategorized | Tagged Ageniaspis, Anurophorus, arrowwood, beetle, Brentidae, chalcid, cocoon, Coleoptera, Contacyphon, Encyrtidae, Entomobrya, Entomobrya nivalis, Entomobryidae, Eulophidae, Gracillariidae, Hymenoptera, Isotomidae, larva, leaf mine, Lepidoptera, Marmara, Marmara viburnella, moth, Nantucket, Neapion, Neapion herculanum, new species, parasitism, parasitoid, Quadrastichus, Scirtidae, springtail, stem mine, Tetrastichinae, Viburnum, Viburnum dentatum, wasp, weevil | 20 Comments

Life in a Monkeyflower Stem

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Charley Eiseman

I’m slowly making my way through all the photos I took this year, and I just finished August 6. That was the day of Julia’s family’s annual BioBlitz at Deep Woods Farm, their land in southeastern Ohio. A funny thing happened … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Agromyzidae, caterpillar, Diptera, flower, fly, larva, Mimulus, Mimulus ringens, monkeyflower, moth, Noctuidae, Ophiomyia, Papaipema, Papaipema cataphracta, Phrymaceae, stem borer, stem mine | 7 Comments

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Carrot Stem Dwellers

The Yard List(s), Part 9

The Yard List(s), Part 8

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Life in a Monkeyflower Stem

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