Sorry Carl - I haven't sent anything. I'm having a busy time. All the family are needing support at the moment and I'm struggling to fit them in around work....
I know how it feels. 24 hours in a day is a pitiful amount, there should be at least ten times as many. Hope it all gets sorted soon. Carl ... From: Janet...
I've created a photo album called Carl Farmer and uploaded a photo to it. First time I've tried this, hope you can all find the photo! (click on "Photos" in...
Hello Carl, Trial run:- I've had a go at creating a photo album "Maggie's galls" and have hopefully uploaded a pic. of Contarinia anthobia, that I found on a...
Hi Maggie, Congratulations, that is the first picture of Contarinia anthobia on the web, and it shows exactly what to look for. I shall hunt for it on the...
Hi Carl, Don't forget that there are two possible gall causers doing this - see British Plant Galls - Redfern, Shirley & Bloxham, page 317. Check the colour...
Hi Carl, Sorry for the delay - I think I'm on top of things now! I've attached a copy of the recording form, thinking that it would be easier for you to put it...
I wonder if anyone in the Society can help me to identify the attached galls. If there is an interest in Australian Galls I will attach a few more later. I...
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Aug 13, 2006 3:30 am
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Hi, I've just received the following e mail and assumed that the picture would be of Taphrina alni but when I looked at it I wasn't at all sure. It's more of a...
Hi Janet, Looking at the picture it still looks like it must be Taphrina alni. This gall does not need to protrude from the side, I think, as long as it can ...
Hi I think that the gall (picture attached) is a pocket plum gall (on Prunus) - but am not convinced as it should be swollen on one side of the fruit and this...
Hi, It looks like pocket plum gall (Taphrina pruni) to me. I think the shape can be very variable. Jojanneke _______________________________________________ ...
This is another Australian gall. This time on a Eucalyptus leaf. It looks very similar to some I have seen on UK plants. Any ideas what insect made it? Dian...
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Aug 17, 2006 12:31 am
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Does the gall on the picture look familiar to anybody? Could it be Contarinia jacobaea? I have not seen it before, but it reminds me of Rhopalomyia. Jojanneke...
Hi Jojanneke, It doesn't look like C. jacobaea to me - is the host Senecio jacobaea? I've not seen it before. It looks a bit like a seed head of something like...
Hi Janet, I can tell you it is certainly a Senecio-species. Senecio jabocaea (or Jacobaea vulgaris ssp vulgaris, as it is called nowadays) or S. Do you mean ...
Sorry, Jojanneke, I should have got my brain into gear before looking at your photo not after! It was the yellow flowers which were galled not the seed head,...
Hi Dian, There doesn't seem to have been any response (on the group anyway) to you pictures. The group has only just started and I think has only 11 members at...
Dear Janet That is a very reassuring email! Thank you. I HAD rather given up and, strange to note, the Australians are not nearly as interested in galls as my ...
Dian Elvin
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Sep 3, 2006 11:33 pm
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Janet I picked the leaf as the wind was still strong after the hailstorm. At the moment they are in a small plastic box with a wet paper towel. Any hints for...
Dian Elvin
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Sep 4, 2006 12:31 am
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Odd Galls on a Wattle (Acacia decurrens, I think). Dian ... From: "Janet Boyd" <janetboyd_entomologist@...> Reply-To: british_galls@... ...
Dian Elvin
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Sep 4, 2006 1:21 am
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Janet This is a group of Galls on another Wattle (Acacia Mearnsii). They have something in common with the Melaleuca galls but are on the leaves and not on...
Dian Elvin
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Sep 4, 2006 1:22 am
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These are galls (bud galls?) on the Swamp Paperbark (Melaleuca ericifolia) bushes beside our dams (ponds). Dian ... From: "Janet Boyd"...
Dian Elvin
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Sep 4, 2006 1:48 am
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Dear Dian, I feel quite envious of you coming into spring - we are at the end of summer with just autumn and winter to look forward to! Still autumn is the...
I have recieved a report that Neuroterus quercusbaccarum is not very common this year. There were not many Current Galls in the spring and now the Spangle...
Hi David, Yes, there was much talk of this at the AGM weekend in Hereford with everyone confirming that spangle galls are very uncommon in their patches this...
Dear all, I have some anecdotal and some real info on the drop in gall abundance. My group works at 2 sites in the UK, Silwood Park nr. Ascot and Puttenham...
Hi Karsten, I was very interested to hear that there may be a decline in oak leaf galls over the last 20 years and that the dramatic drop in abundance of...
