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megachileΠεριγραφή
FU17
2430-01-01
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202131761
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megachileΠεριγραφή
LA2
2419-01-01B
Emerged in bag placed on 2/11
Many individuals, all dead on collection
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/202131765
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billmacΠεριγραφή
Not sure on this one… on the terminal end of a Hickory sp. branch. @megachile @calconey
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sus_scrofaΠεριγραφή
this appears to be an integral stem gall on the stem of a western bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis). I didn't notice it in the field at all, only on subsequent review.
gallformers has no data on western bunchberry. the closest thing I found might be Resseliella clavula, an integral stem gall on Cornus florida that seems range-limited to east of the Rockies, so it's probably not that? but if not, what is it? I wish I had noticed this in the field lol
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nicholasrochaΗμερομηνία
Ιανουάριος 2024Περιγραφή
Unknown gall? on Parasitaxus usta (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198073055)
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jkudrnaΠεριγραφή
North of the cut. Pretty excited to see it, not sure if it’s a planted tree. Kind of a weird spot. Maybe 1’ DBH
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arborsamΗμερομηνία
Δεκέμβριος 2023Περιγραφή
On Quercus turbinella leaf.
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annieliveoakΠεριγραφή
On Planera aquatica at edge of Bayou. Town of Washington, LA
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whateverwatcherΠεριγραφή
ID tentative.
On what I think was Mexican Blue Oak (193003087).
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matthew_willsΠεριγραφή
Growth on twig of Pignut Hickory/Carya glabra.
Is this just an unformed fruit? Five parts, lack of petiole/stem, and time of year suggest not.
Nothing similar on Gallformers.
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nfurlanΠεριγραφή
More of Weld's 1959 spindle galls on Q. palustris? Host appears to be Q. rubra, though - C. rubida present at the stem base in last photo.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164577180
https://www.gallformers.org/gall/1152
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yerbasantaΗμερομηνία
Σεπτέμβριος 2023Περιγραφή
Collected 9/15/23, refrigerated in a ziploc bag until 9/24 and dissected Quercus agrifolia acorn.
Preserved in 40% ethanol at 40°F.
Collected acorn from same tree, same date/time as the acorn gall observations below (2nd acorn):
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suburbanpoisonΠεριγραφή
One was easily detached when I grabbed the stem. This was the second individual I found on this tree.
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donaldasutherlandΠεριγραφή
galls on 3 of 19 plants of Nabalus altissimus examined in a 50m2 area; one gall on stem around 15 cm above ground level.
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donaldasutherlandΠεριγραφή
on N. altissimus; galls on five plants of around 60 checked - @louisnastasi
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jonnytosteΠεριγραφή
Q. rubra host. ~2mm diameter. Was going to get a pic of a cross section but promptly dropped it on the carpet and lost it.
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joshuacdeΠεριγραφή
I didn't originally submit this observation because the pics aren't very good quality, but since this gall has such few uploads on iNat I decided to add it. On Quercus gambelli acorn cup. Glabrous and appeared pale whitish in the field; cylindrical shape with a flattened apex and apical "nipple". The area where it was protruding was raised above the rest of the acorn cup and the scales surrounding the base of the gall were significantly broader than normal, un-deformed scales. This definitely looks like a different species than the other Q. gambelli acorn cup gall I found at this location: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/177569788
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nfurlanΠεριγραφή
Galled fruit on Euphorbia corollata - orange larvae found in dissection.
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jonnytosteΠεριγραφή
Solidago rigida host. I’d assume this is different from other bud gall species on goldenrod. I’ve never seen any on rigida, but they were abundant here.
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nfurlanΠεριγραφή
Helianthus annuus
Potentially the same inducer as the preceding observation.
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ozarkpoppyΠεριγραφή
Neolasioptera?
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bastefanidisΠεριγραφή
Logan creek at Kwantlen Polytechnic University - Langley, BC, CA
Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)
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joshuacdeΠεριγραφή
Small, round, glabrous gall on Quercus gambelli acorn cap. Dark red and covered with small yellow spots.
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ozarkpoppyΠεριγραφή
same gall seen here - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130518180
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nfurlanΠεριγραφή
Q. rubra
Finally found some fresh ones! Galls were fully buried in a loosely-packed ant mound surrounding the base of a seedling - perhaps an example of the "ant sheds" Weld described? Honeydew and LOTS of ant activity.
Larva dissected out 8/5, preserved in 95% etOH.
