Tag: Entomology

#365daysofbiking From mighty oaks

May 3rd – It’s always interesting to watch the variety and spread of oak galls on the trees I pass.

At the moment, rosy red oak apples are developing well, corrupted from leaf buds by the tiny wasp who laid her egg in the bud. Her larvae will hatch inside, done on the inside of the gall and drill their way out when mature.

Fascinating things that don’t harm the tree and continue a millennia old relationship between oak and parasite.

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March 22nd – Any entomologists in the house? On a fence-post near Stonnall. Three different genus of the same species (if that’s the right way to put it). I know they’re all ladybirds, but which is which? Is any one of them the nasty, invasive ones I’ve been hearing about? Help gratefully recieved.