tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post3032612418879664907..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: A Galling MysteryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-24535164249753368762009-08-22T20:02:43.268+00:002009-08-22T20:02:43.268+00:00Hi John, I think oak has more types of gall associ...Hi John, I think oak has more types of gall associated with it than any other treePhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-24572956582460243462009-08-22T20:01:40.372+00:002009-08-22T20:01:40.372+00:00Hi Adrian, I think they inject the chemical stimul...Hi Adrian, I think they inject the chemical stimulant at the same time as they lay the eggPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-33562193090312994212009-08-22T20:00:47.764+00:002009-08-22T20:00:47.764+00:00Hi Keith, the silk button galls drop off the leaf ...Hi Keith, the silk button galls drop off the leaf just before it's shed, then spend the winter in the leaf litter until they hatch out as wasps againPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-32835141060340497122009-08-18T17:29:37.679+00:002009-08-18T17:29:37.679+00:00Fascinating. The poor old oak tree seems to have m...Fascinating. The poor old oak tree seems to have more than its fair share of galls. Amazing that different wasps can induce the same leaf to produce galls to suit.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-73642089914230061922009-08-18T02:16:08.754+00:002009-08-18T02:16:08.754+00:00Thanks will view these in a new light. They inject...Thanks will view these in a new light. They inject a liquid as a separate operation then. I assumed it was the egg itself that caused the growth, clever wee devils!ADRIANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113961163396562781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-43707165092736784032009-08-17T21:24:59.443+00:002009-08-17T21:24:59.443+00:00More fascinating stuff Phil.
Those Silk Button gal...More fascinating stuff Phil.<br />Those Silk Button galls look like some sort of breakfast cereal.holdingmomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455039696354576430noreply@blogger.com