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Plums, Cherries, and Allies (Genus Prunus)Observer
buggyvDescription
on plum tree, only on Santa Rosa graft branch
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Genus LasiopteraObserver
cynestorDescription
First (of a few, I hope) gall former reared from this gall: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197097097
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
frankgoldenDescription
This observation was divided from # 198452548. The original observation tracks the plant while this new observation tracks the galls that formed on some of the branches.
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
norikonbuDescription
1 female emerged from one of these galls on tanoak:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195401835
Collected: 12-27-2023
Emerged: 01-25-2024
(Last 3 photos were taken on Dec 30 when the gall was still fresh)
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Gall and Forest Midges (Family Cecidomyiidae)Observer
awenningerDescription
From galls on willow collected 1 Sept 2021. Placed in refrigerator until mid February 2022. Discovered this fly had emerged 17 March 2022. The vials were fairly humid so the adult flies are in poor shape, quite soft and deteriorate easily when I try to pick them up. I moved them to alcohol to hopefully stop the deterioration.
Example leaf gall from same willow bush: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93307708
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
ruby_anDescription
Insect on Salix sp. with Melampsora rust fungi. It appeared to be eating the rust.
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
gwarkDescription
in Picea sitchensis cone
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
astrobirderDescription
on Croton texensis
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
toxicodendron_radicans
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
dgreenbergerDescription
don't remember/recognize the host. Some herbaceous asteraceae I guess
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
crothfelsDescription
The gall
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Casebearing Moths (Family Coleophoridae)Observer
faerthenDescription
Straw-like egg cases(?) stuck to walls and glass.
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
crothfelsDescription
In ericameria nauseosa
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
eric_houghDescription
Galls on Guardiola arguta.
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Genus CembrotiaObserver
aurocyonDescription
Observation referring to the needle gall, host photos included for reference
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Cotton-gall Midge (Rhopalomyia utahensis)Observer
sixleggedsamDescription
Galls on Ericameria nauseosa
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
coreyjlangeDescription
Found on the grass species Hilaria jamesii. The galls look like onions
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Genus RhopalomyiaObserver
thrasherbirdDescription
Maybe? Not sure what plant this is..
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Genus ContariniaObserver
mjplagensDescription
Host: Prosopis velutina. Guess of ID is based on other Contarinia species producing galls in the junction of leaflet pairs and the rachis of leguminous trees.
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Genus EuuraObserver
muirDescription
Another tree with the stem bud galls. On willow. Cc @tepary @awenninger
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Juniper Tip Midge (Oligotrophus betheli)Observer
hkibakDescription
Oligotrophus betheli galls, per Russo's Plant Galls of the Western United States (2021) p. 80 and Gallformers.org https://www.gallformers.org/gall/1750
On Juniperus occidentalis (Western Juniper)
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Genus EuuraObserver
muirDescription
Gall on willow stem? Cc @tepary. Rabdophaga rigidae, the willow beaked-gall midge?
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norikonbuDescription
Collected: 09-04-2023
Dissected: 09-07-2023
Field observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/181851193
Preserved in EtOH for Cynipini Larval Sequencing Project
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Monterey Pine Needle Gall (Thecodiplosis piniradiatae)Observer
lorri-gongDescription
on bishop pine
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Alder Leaf Gall Mite (Eriophyes laevis)Observer
muirDescription
Alder gall mite
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Genus RhopalomyiaObserver
leslie_flintDescription
Rubber Rabbitbrush; unknown
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Genus RhopalomyiaObserver
leslie_flintDescription
Rubber Rabbitbrush; note the conversation associated with https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153190620. The gall above is the same or similar but on Rabbitbrush, not goldenbush
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Spruce-Labrador Tea Needle Rust (Chrysomyxa ledicola)Observer
awenningerDescription
On white spruce
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
toadwarriorDescription
Not sure on host plant - Oreocarya sp.?
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Edit: Host plant is Oreocarya sp., likely O. flava
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Life (Life)Observer
crothfelsDescription
?? The second photo is the uninfected host
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Mountain Mahogany Gall Midge (Dasineura cercocarpi)Observer
bonanzakingDescription
Insect gall?
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Oak Gall Wasps (Tribe Cynipini)Observer
kylerbowersDescription
I'm assuming this is a gall. On cultivated Q. gambelii.
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
ento0502Description
Gall found on a bigleaf saltbush.
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
tmessickDescription
Egg cases of unidentified insect? At first I thought these were galls (because that's what I was looking for), but on closer inspection I noticed the lids—some open, some closed—and one insect that was trapped while emerging. These were found on stems of rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) near and with, but perhaps unrelated to many larger galls of "Cotton gall tephritid" (Aciurina bigeloviae) (see https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61430574). In and around a dry wash channel on the alluvial fan 0.4 road mile northwest of the park entrance at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, Ione Valley/ Shoshone Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, elev. 6480 ft.
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Physokermes piceaeObserver
konshauDescription
Two-lobed adult at the 1, 2, and 3 year old nodes of Englemann spruce. Also saw these at Philips Ridge yesterday. Grainy white liquid when burst. Quite sweet tasting and appears to be covered in sweet syrupy honeydew not pitch. Tops of the spruces appear more afflicted and color is off.
I went with this species instead of hemicryptus because my forest insects manual acknowledges this one in the west and not the other. Not certain though.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
trudd70Description
On ponderosa pine
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
astrobirderDescription
on what might had been a willow??
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
robyn27Description
Eggs on sunflower
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
crothfelsDescription
The gall
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Life (Life)Observer
crothfelsDescription
Insect? Fungus? Infection on bromus marginatus
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Chokecherry Midge (Contarinia virginianiae)Observer
muirDescription
Thanks to @awenninger for reminding me to go check for chokecherry galls at this gas station. Abundant this year. Couldn't find any last year.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
egordon88Description
Host plant tbd
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
chloe_and_trevorDescription
On Ericameria
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Bubble-gall Tephritid (Aciurina trixa)Observer
joshuacdeDescription
Female crawling around on Ericameria nauseosa.
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Medusa Gall Tephritid (Aciurina ferruginea)Observer
jlboone2Description
RX10_43304, RX10_43306, RX10_43307, RX10_43308. On Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (yellow rabbitbrush).
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Short-horned Black Legionnaire (Beris fuscipes)Observer
steve_orridgeDescription
Beris geniculata
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Asphondylia betheliObserver
joshuacdeDescription
Swollen, discolored fruit on Opuntia sp. With several pupal exuviae protruding. Emergence must have just happened in the last few days.
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Aitanga Pepeke (Insects) (Class Insecta)Observer
hubertszczDescription
Gall on willow stem
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Diastrophus turgidusObserver
sam907Description
Large sized stem gall found on a wild raspberry plant. Gall was red in color and looked like almost like a strawberry on the outside. It was covered in thorns just like the stem and was hard to the touch. There were 3 more tiny galls on the stem just below the main mass (visible in the first and fourth pictures). This gall could be caused by a number of things (aphid, mite, midge, fungi, etc.) but I believe that an insect causing this gall is more likely then a fungus.
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
joshuacdeDescription
Gall on Gutierrezia sarothrae, Gall appears to be composed of deformed leaves closely pressed together. With a fresh looking Cecidomyiid exuvia protruding from the side of the gall.
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
joshuacdeDescription
Conical bud gall on Gutierrezia sarothrae. Gall composed of deformed leaves stuck together, and surrounded at the base by a small rosette of leaflets. Superfically similar to galls of Rhopalomyia gutierreziae but I believe this is something different. Collected for rearing.
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
chyropteraDescription
Interesting bud gall on big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)
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Ram's Horn Gall Wasp (Andricus aries)Observer
gillessanmartinDescription
Andricus aries gall on Quercus robur
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Gall Midges (Subfamily Cecidomyiinae)Observer
hannawackerDescription
On riparian variation of Ericameria nauseosa
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Greasewood Pinecone Gall (Halodiplosis sarcobati)Observer
hannawackerDescription
Sent off to genomic and taxonomic studies.
