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RE: [british_galls] Trigonaspis megaptera photo

Dear Janet,
Thankyou for remembering my request, and your offer of a hi resolution
scan would be very welcome, thankyou!
Regards, Graham

Quoting Janet Boyd <janetboyd_entomologist@...>:

>
> Hi Graham,
>
> I'm still not getting any response from Richard. If you are still
> looking for a similar photo of Trigonaspis megaptera sexual galls,
> there is always the slide I could scan at high res and send you? If
> you remember I mentioned that his photo looked just like one I took
> and couldn't be sure of the identity of the causer.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Janet.
>
>
>
>> you wrote:
>> Would you put me in direct contact with Richard? I am compiling a set
>> of images for a big b! ook on oak galls, and would love to ask him if we
>> could use a higher resolution version of this picture. Even better
>> would be to get a sample of the galls. Even if he doesn't have adults,
>> we can tell very quickly what the gall inducer is from a larva or
>> pupa, for sure!
>>
>> >
>>
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Hi, I received this request last night - could someone identify the galls for Richard? Janet ... ...
Janet Boyd
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Jun 12, 2009
8:59 am

Hi there, picture no.2 looks clearest in that the gall is attached - or has taken over - the development of a leave. Also picture 1, and the lack of a...
andricusuk
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Jun 12, 2009
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Many thanks Karsten and Maggie - I just wasn't sure if Neuroterus quercusbaccarum affected bark as well as catkins and leaves. I have an unidentified slide of...
Janet Boyd
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Jun 12, 2009
7:36 pm

... Hi Jan, I'm only guessing, never having seen it, but would it be the sexual generation gall caused by the cynipid wasp Trigonaspis megaptera? Perhaps...
maggiefrankum
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Jun 12, 2009
9:19 am

... I should have waited! Thanks Karsten for your identification of the galls in Richard's photos and the clues to look out for. Experience is definitely...
maggiefrankum
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Jun 12, 2009
9:31 am

Ok now the daft question What the difference between Trigonapsis megaptera and Neuroterus quercusbaccarum when they are on bark? Robert ...
Robert
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Jun 12, 2009
8:01 pm

not a daft question. I was going on what I saw on the pictures 1 & 2. N. quercusbaccarum as far as I know is never attached to the bark. So i took picure 3 as...
Karsten Schonrogge
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Jun 12, 2009
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That is interesting - I suppose they could look as if they were attached to bark if there was a small twig protruding through moss. My photo could be that -...
Janet Boyd
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I just wanted to clarify my previous message. As far as cynipid galls are concerned and with the exception of an alien species, N. saliens, I know of no...
Karsten Schonrogge
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Dear Janet, I've just seen your gall images, and catching up on the opinions of the wise. I am certain that the gall on shoot image is of a sexual generation ...
Graham Stone
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Jun 14, 2009
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Just trying to contact Richard for permission - he has sent an automated 'out of office' message at the moment. Janet ... ...
Janet Boyd
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Jun 15, 2009
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Thanks v much Janet! I have gone international with his image - we'll see what the gall experts in Hungary and Spain think those galls are! ... Graham Stone ...
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Hi Graham, I'm still not getting any response from Richard. If you are still looking for a similar photo of Trigonaspis megaptera sexual galls, there is always...
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Dear Janet, Thankyou for remembering my request, and your offer of a hi resolution scan would be very welcome, thankyou! Regards, Graham ... -- The University...
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