Cecidology is rarley mentioned within past and current Suffolk Naturalists but in the Transactions of the Suffolk Naturalists Society (19580 reports on a new...
Hi all, Just joined BPGS & the forum, so hello from me. Also, I found a small gall like Trioza remota on horse-chestnut, though I believe it's usually on oak....
Hi Colin, If you are a paid up member of BPGS, by now you should have received your Spring 2009 copy of "Cecidology" and you will know that Michael is indeed...
Hi Dave, A warm welcome to BPGS. In the FSC AIDGAP "British Plant Galls - identification of galls on plants and fungi" by Margaret Redfern, Peter Shirley &...
Hi Maggie, Ta for your reply, but it isn't A.hippocastani - each gall is a tiny leaf-blade dimple just like T. remota, but on a different host. I'm definitely...
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...
... 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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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 -...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
Dear All, The gall images on a tree trunk posted by Janet have been identified as Trigonaspis megaptera by Jose-Luis Nieves Aldrey, Juli Pujade, George melika...
Hi Graham, Thanks for sorting out the Trigonaspis megaptera v. N. quercusbaccarum on the oak bark. It would be interesting to rear out the gall causers just...
Hi everyone, I have just uploaded some field maple pics to my "Maggies galls" file. Gareth Burton found these strange field maple "twizzlers" at the...
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...
Dear Janet, Thankyou for remembering my request, and your offer of a hi resolution scan would be very welcome, thankyou! Regards, Graham ... -- The University...
Thanks Janet! ... Graham Stone Reader in Evolutionary Ecology email: graham.stone@... tel: 0131 6507194 Room 356, Ashworth 3 Institute of Evolutionary...
Hi, my daughter found what looks like a gall on a buddliea leaf. A small dark purple dimple on the underside with a corresponding pimple above with a tiny...
Could it be a leaf miner? Colin Jacobs. Professional Writer, Naturalist and Photographer. Now doing beginners Wildlife Tours in Suffolk and Norfolk. Beccles ...
Hi Paula, Don't know of any galls on buddleia, however your description of a dimple below the leaf blade and a pimple above, with a tiny occupant hiding away...
