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Category: gall

Blueberry Gall

by exploreorcaJuly 6, 2020

Shiny blueberry (Vaccinium myrsinites) grows in sunny spots along the trails at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA).  Its tiny fruits, shown above, are enjoyed by birds and other wildlife. This low growing evergreen shrub with small alternate leaves flowers,…

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gall, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, wasp bluebbery stem gall wasp, Hemadas nubliipennis, shiny blueberry, Vaccinium myrsinites

White stopper: Gall x 2

by exploreorcaMay 4, 2020

Why are these white stopper (Eugenia axillaris) fruits yellow and ribbed?  It's likely the handiwork of a gall midge.  Not too much is known this tiny insect, long co-evolved with white stopper, that does not have a common name.  Its…

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Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, gall, gall midge, Galls, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area Dasineura eugeniae, Eugenia axillaris, Stephomyia eugeniae, white stopper

Mite-y leaf gall

by exploreorcaMarch 12, 2020

Galls are the result of intimate, long co-evolved relationships between a gallmaker (often an insect) and a plant species (or related species).  Galls come in a variety of shapes and sizes and usually are found on a particular part of…

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gall, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, salt marsh, Winter Beach Salt Marsh Acalitus, bigleaf sumpweed, Iva frutsecens, leaf gall, mite

Fair Flower – Faey’s palafoxia

by exploreorcaJanuary 21, 2020

People display diversity & so do plants in Nature (as opposed to intentional cultivation).  Donna Winter (Class of 2016) shared two photos that demonstrate this diversity.  She took the picture above of the flower of a Faey's palafox (Palafoxia faeyi)…

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gall, Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, Pollinator Plants Faey's palafoxia, gall, gall midge, Palafoxia faeyi
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