You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
I know these are early days for the BPGS forum and possibly no one will be reading this. However, I just wanted to let as many members as possible know that a...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
May 12, 2006 9:02 pm
I was just admiring the gall photos on the website, Carl. They are superb. Just for interest Dasineura filicina which causes Little Black Pudding galls on...
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
May 12, 2006 9:38 pm
Glad you like the photos, I must put some more on the site. On the old website there was a list of name changes and other corrections/amendments to British...
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
May 12, 2006 9:52 pm
Hello Janet, I'd be happy to test the sheet if you'd like to send me one. Carl ... From: Janet Boyd To: british_galls@... Sent: Friday, May 12,...
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maggiefrankum
May 12, 2006 10:29 pm
Hello Janet, Sorry that I couldn't be at the Birmingham meeting. Although I probably won't be out on many field meetings this year, I would like to test the...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
May 13, 2006 8:14 pm
Dear Carl, How about just putting on the whole MapMate checklist? There could be such confusion if people get 'new names' from different sources. This was...
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
May 13, 2006 9:27 pm
Might as well get started on the database side of the site then. The Mapmate checklist has 6 columns: Code, Taxon, Authority, Vernacular, Parent and Status,...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
May 19, 2006 6:11 am
Dear Carl My copy of MM has Dasineura festucae - that's odd. Yes we have copyright on the checklist. The Keys have some synonyms but Robin Williams thinks only...
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
May 19, 2006 11:52 am
Very odd. I got my Plant Galls checklist from the Mapmate site, patch no.327. If I go to the Data Browser and Browse Taxa, there is a long list of Dasineura...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
May 26, 2006 3:42 pm
Dear Carl, Have you selected Diptera in your configuration? I have so I wonder if that's why I get Dasineura festucae and you don't. That would mean it's on ...
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
May 30, 2006 5:52 pm
No I just select British Plant Gall Society for my config when looking at galls. It's there if I select Diptera. By the way, did you ever send out those new...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
Jun 1, 2006 10:18 pm
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....
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
Jun 2, 2006 9:02 am
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...
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
Jun 7, 2006 2:14 pm
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...
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maggiefrankum
Jun 7, 2006 4:21 pm
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...
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Carl Farmer
quercuscorticis
Jun 7, 2006 5:10 pm
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...
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Roy Frankum
maggiefrankum
Jun 7, 2006 10:05 pm
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...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
Jun 26, 2006 3:39 pm
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...
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Dian Elvin
dian_elvin@...
Aug 13, 2006 3:30 am
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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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
Aug 13, 2006 3:08 pm
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...
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DAVID SAVAGE
david157068
Aug 13, 2006 7:52 pm
Hi this appears to be the early stage of Taphrina alni. David Janet Boyd <janetboyd_entomologist@...> wrote: Hi, I've just received the following e...
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Jojanneke Bijkerk
jojannekebij...
Aug 13, 2006 7:53 pm
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 ...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
Aug 14, 2006 2:56 pm
Thank you David and Jojanneke - I'll pass the information on....
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Alan Rix
amrix40
Aug 14, 2006 3:53 pm
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...
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Jojanneke Bijkerk
jojannekebij...
Aug 14, 2006 7:35 pm
Hi, It looks like pocket plum gall (Taphrina pruni) to me. I think the shape can be very variable. Jojanneke _______________________________________________ ...
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Dian Elvin
dian_elvin@...
Aug 17, 2006 12:31 am
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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Jojanneke Bijkerk
jojannekebij...
Aug 27, 2006 4:31 pm
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...
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Janet Boyd
janetboyd2005
Sep 2, 2006 9:25 am
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...
