Wrinkled pink edges (the galls) on Red Valerian plant.

A fluffy brown caterpillar and a 7 spot ladybird on a leaf.

Rosettes of bee orchids amongst short grass, and 7- spot ladybird.

What A Day!

I managed to talk about parasites (including galls and cuckoo bumblebees) to different groups of people, and saw some galls too! Plus, spotted a Ruby Tiger moth caterpillar and some Bee Orchid rosettes.

#Galls #Moths #Orchids #NorthantsWildlife

Orange Ladybirds hibernating in the shelter of an 'artichoke gall' induced by the gall midge Taxomyia taxi on Yew in the local cemetery this afternoon. #galls #Ladybird

Puccinia lapsanae, gall on young Nipplewort leaves.

Puccinia lapsanae, galls on young Nipplewort leaves.

Puccinia lapsanae, galls on young Nipplewort leaves.

#Fungi #VC55 #galls

A tiny gall is attached to the vein of an oak leaf. The gall is pale green and spiky and the tips of the spikes are a reddish-purple color. This gall is caused by a tiny wasp in the genus Acraspis.

The February photo from @bugeric.bsky.social and my calendar we make for family is this close-up of a gall caused by a tiny wasp in the genus Acraspis on a Chinkapin Oak leaf. #insects #galls #macrophotography

Only 2 #galls recorded so far this year ;
Cauliflower Galls on Ash : caused by the mite Aceria fraxinivora (F&C Canal, Clydebank 29th Jan)
Big Bud Galls on Hazel : caused by the mite Phytoptus avellanae (Cowcaddens 7th Feb)

Andricus sieboldi. The Barnacle Gall. Wasp gall on oak sapling. Bayfordbury, Herts today. Always near the base of the plant. #galls #galling.

"Desperately Seeking: Hackberry Nipplegall Makers" (c) constance lee menefee The flying nipplegall makers are tiny psyllids - which are True Bugs with piercing, sucking mouthparts - not merely generic y'all "Buqs" that could be anything our lazy fear-marinated brains call clinging, crawling, burrowing, multi-legged, stinging, flying, biting (especially biting) offending annoyances ... anything is "Bug" when it scares us or offends primal human aesthetics by being grubby, smooshy, voiceless, and chompy (especially chompy) ... the gally hackberry leaves are full of warty yurts, each caused by sap-sucking nymphs that quite discombobulate leaf structures into little bug nest lumps - growing, swelling, finally hatching into more bugs that lay eggs which beget nymphs, sending nature's Ferris wheel spinning again!

Collage of three photographs of hackberry nipplegalls - on left is top of leaf and two right photos are underside of leaf

Poem, "Desperately Seeking: Hackberry Nipplegall Makers"
(c) constance lee menefee

... "that quite discombobulate leaf structures into little bug nest lumps -" ...

#Galls
#Inverts
#TrueBugs

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Galls of the acacia gall wasp (Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae) on spike wattle (Acacia longifolia). Caparica, Portugal.
#galls

Photo of a tank-like black parasitoid wasp, a new species called Eurytoma trixa

New paper from the Martinson Lab! A fun study where we find a nice example of cascading speciation and describe three new species. Plus some exciting data to suggest that ecological guild may influence the impacts of host-associated differentiation. A 🧵. #galls #insects 🧪 doi.org/10.1111/mec....

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A fascinating account of one of favorite “galls” on Carya (Hickory) by @ceiseman.bsky.social
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I haven't seen many spiral #galls on petioles of Native Black Poplar #trees this year but here's a tiny one from Icklingham #Suffolk during the week found amongst the last leaves clinging to a tree.

Yet more end-of-summer #galls. These are 'robin's pincushions': galls on rose induced by cynipid #wasp Dipolepsis rosae. Tangly, spiky ball serves as edible home for wasp's larvae, which develop in separate chambers within, safe from predators and never lacking food. Ingenious! Mersea Island, Essex.

More end-of-summer #galls. Two #mites infect this alder: Acalitus brevitarsus, which causes leaf to blister (topside) and grow clusters of glassy 'hairs' (underside), and Eriophyes inangulis, which does same but in nooks at main vein joints. Larvae develop in these growths. Bungay, Suffolk, England.

On an oak leaf: #galls of Cynips quercusfolii and a #spittlebug (Aphrophora sp.). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland)
#insects #entomology

Another late post from summer observations: #galls of Aceria erinea, tiny mite parasitising walnut (Juglans regia). Maybe galls aren't world's prettiest things, but it's extraordinary how some animals and other creatures have evolved to co-opt plants directly into their life-cycles. Bungay, Suffolk.

An old Hop Gall on this Oak caused by the asexual generation of the gall wasp Andricus foecundatrix. I expect the inner gall fell out in the summer and a wasp of the sexual generation will emerge from that next Spring.
#WildwebsWednesday
#galls

Yellow, brown and red circular galls on a fallen oak leaf

Yellow, brown and red circular galls on a fallen oak leaf

Yellow, brown and red circular galls on a fallen oak leaf

Spangles! These very cool common spangle galls were on a large number of the fallen oak leaves we saw beside Loch Lomond last week. Produced by the common spangle gall wasp, each houses a tiny larvae that will emerge in spring
I flippin' love galls
#galls

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5 Cherry Galls Cynips querscyfolii on Oak

4 Cola Nut Galls Andricus lignicola on oak

Oyster Gall Neuroterus anthracinus on oak.

Beech Gall Mikiola fagi

Its gall time, these were taken locally Cherry, Cola nut and Osyter gall on oak and a Beech Gall (Mikiola fagi) #autumn #ukwildlife #galls #nature #autumnvibes

Map of the eastern part of the United States that shows, via small red squares, where people are taking photographs of the gall. There are hot spot around Chicago, D.C., Philadelphia, and Boston.

Here's the weird distribution of Phylloteras sigma. Likely fully explained by the rarity of gall zealots and their tendency to live near major metropolitan areas. The 106 observations were uploaded to iNaturalist by just 15 people. Most of them by @jeffc666.bsky.social. #inaturalist #galls

Flat, red, oblong growth that has a central yellow nipple. Growing on the underside of a green leaf.

Phylloteras sigma (Cynipidae). Currently my favorite local gall because it's so darn cute. You can find them on the undersides of white oak leaves in the eastern United States, and apparently also in Chicago. Likely elsewhere but they are tiny and easy to miss. #galls #wasps #cynipidae #insects

Black welt with a fingerprint-like pattern radiating from the center.

Mature stroma of American tar spot (Rhytisma americanum) on a maple leaf, one of my finds during the most recent Gall Week (Sept 6-14). For such a common and beautiful fungus it's surprising that the species was described relatively recently (1998). #fungi #galls

Temnothorax sp., a small #ant that lives in colony in acorns (and in #galls formed on #oaks

Macro of four reddish disc-shaped galls on underside of green oak leaf.

Fuzzy rounded gall growing on underside of green oak leaf.

Macro of tiny red cone-shaped gall attached to top side of green oak leaf.

Macros of three tiny #galls on Valley Oaks (Quercus lobata) this week on Sonoma Mtn. 💚
Disc Gall Wasp - Yellow Wig Gall Wasp - Red Cone Gall Wasp

#MacroMonday #Insects #Inverts #Trees #NaturePhotos #iNat #NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants 📷🌱

Silk Button Gall Wasp (Neuroterus numismalis)
A gall wasp that has two generations per year. Seems to be having a great year here with one oaks branches bending under the weight
The agamic generation causes Silk Buttons on the underside of Oak leaves
#gall #galls #wasps #hymenopters #silkbuttongall