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Ramsey Sullivan @ramzsullivan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We have the #gall week shirt design up. Feel free to jump on the order if you participated or like the design by Chelsea at www.wildlight-studio.com. Order: www.customink.com/g/ygr0-00d3-... #gallweek #entomology #wasp #botany #ecology

A white tee-shirt featuring a colorless gambel oak leaf and 10 galls with GallWeek26 written on the leaf.

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I was house/cat-sitting for a friend and found a message in the litter box… which means the cat appreciated my help? Btw this is 100% actual photo, I did not make this sh*t up! 🤣

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My first “intentional” leafminer-rearing (because leafminers were always accidental for me) gave two healthy moths! One escaped during the transfer so it was a big relief to find it again after frantic search 😂 On Ceanothus integerrimus, this is Tischeria sp. according to @ceiseman.bsky.social

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Charley Eiseman @ceiseman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Stop everything! Ray Gagne has just finished the second edition of "The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America" and it's freely available here: zenodo.org/records/2137...

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The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America

This revision of The Plant-Feeding Gall Midges of North America, originally published in 1989, began as soon as the earlier book was in press. Since then, more than half again as many records of plant...

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Charley Eiseman @ceiseman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Speaking of Agromyza spp. on Celtis, check out this leaf-rolling leafminer on C. sinensis that @norikonbuchan.bsky.social just found in Tokyo! This looks exactly like the work of A. torta Eiseman & Lonsdale, described just a few months ago from North Carolina. www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Genus Agromyza

Agromyza from Nerima Municipal Hikarigaoka Daihachi Elementary School, Itabashi, Tokyo, JP on April 18, 2026 at 12:12 PM by Noriko Ito. On Celtis sinensis

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

So happy to find these galls on Quercus myrsinifolia in an urban park of Tokyo! Confirmed by an expert that this is a known but yet-to-be-described species.

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Damon Tighe @damontighe.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

combat aphids on garden plant by crushing them and wipe the mush back onto the plant. Aphids release a scent trail that parasitic wasps can pick up on and they’ll come make mummies of the rest of the aphids. Worked well on my penstemon. Wasp with mummy photo from a few years ago #aphids #gardentip

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

During our Valentine’s Day weekend trip, I spotted an acorn on blue oak with a gall wasp (presumably Andricus albobalani) chewing her way out. So I kept the acorn and she emerged from it in our hotel room. Most people probably don’t consider this as a romantic gift but I think it is 😂

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

This is how Steve met Brad...

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

While I was enjoying a stroll under some oak trees today, this gall wasp landed on my hand to say hi. It was nice to be able to capture her beauty, but boy, I hate macro shots of my skin! I should use more moisturizer 😂

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Patagonia @patagonia.com · 14/01/2026

When four dams on the Klamath River in California came down, we saw what happens when a river starts being restored. pat.ag/B/FreeFlowin...

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These Indigenous Paddlers Are Advocating for Free-Flowing Rivers

Tribal-led activists stepped up at COP30 and have continued their movement here at home

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Charley Eiseman @ceiseman.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Finally published! "Thirty-three new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States and Canada, with new host and distribution records for 154 additional species." Now I've got some updating to do on BugGuide and iNaturalist...

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Thirty-three new species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the United States and Canada, with new host and distribution records for 154 additional species | Zootaxa

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

These little miracles (Antron douglasii aka Spined Turban #Gall #Wasp) emerged from pink stars on Christmas Eve. Happy gallidays!

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

After 3 weeks of California’s tule fog persisting where I live, I finally saw a brief blue sky today… and an adult wasp of Xanthoteras clavuloides (aka Club #Gall #Wasp) emerged from her gall! I guess I wasn’t the only one who’s been longing for some winter sunshine ☀️

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Over this weekend, we got grocery bags full of wild mushrooms from the northern forests of CA. We think they will be awesome additions to our holiday meals but some of our family members are scared to eat them so it’ll be just more for us! 😜 #fungifriends

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Another species that is known to emerge in late fall in CA. Happy to meet her for the first time! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Clustered Gall Wasp (Andricus brunneus)

Clustered Gall Wasp in November 2025 by Noriko Ito

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

This tiny wasp who emerged from a miniature chestnut husk (Atrusca trimaculosa aka Woollybear Gall Wasp) reminds us how important self-care is. Well, she is doing a lot better job than I am! 😆

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I had a great time hiking with @jeffc666.bsky.social and Izabella when they visited CA and watching them do exactly what they love to do!

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Entomemeology @entomemeology.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

As a child Jane Goodall taught me that the least I could do was speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves. I will always be a voice for the voiceless no matter how small the creature. Jane Goodall 4/3/1934 - 10/1/2025

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forkinthepath.bsky.social @forkinthepath.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

It's chicken of the woods aka COW season in California! This one made an unexpected appearance on this gorgeous work of art. Hoo made it? NorCal Artist William Thomas, photographed by Sheri Oswald, and shared with her enthusiastic permission here! #mushroomart #foraging

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Until recently @ymilesz.bsky.social taught me, I didn't know anything about the fascinating synbiotic relationship between fig trees and fig wasps. So I've been wanting to see their work in the wild, and found it on the last day of #September2025GallWeek ! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Common Fig Wasp (Blastophaga psenes)

Common Fig Wasp from Tyler Island, Walnut Grove, CA, US on September 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM by Noriko Ito. On common fig Host observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/313985713 (Last pho...

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

'Tis the season to search for lumps on plants, aka galls! These growths are created in response to other organisms — often insects, fungi, or bacteria — injecting their chemicals into the plant. 🧵⤵️ Join the gall celebrations: tr.ee/ziMCEH

This gall looks like something you'd imagine a mythical fairy-like creature living in. It's shaped like a mushroom and has a small hole in the front.

The stem of a plant has a couple round growths with small holes in them.

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

No, these are not berries. They are galls made by Dryocosmus castanopsidis on Chrysolepis chrysophylla. On today’s hike, it was so nice to see them in such abundance. Many of them are already dropping to the ground and getting ready to overwinter in the leaf litter.

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Last week we took a road trip to Shasta/Trinity region in Northern California and got to see a lot of cool stuff. One of the highlights was a rare #oak called #Quercus sadleriana, and its rare #galls Neuroterus sadlerensis.

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Cole and Marmalade @coleandmarmalade.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

SIMPLE! 😸😸😸😸

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

A visiting cat with her favorite toy 😻 I miss having my own cat…

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Once in a while, I get this all-golden, red-eyed Sycophila (a parasitoid of Cynipini) females from various oak galls 🤩 I hope someday, someone gives them a well-deserved beautiful scientific name (unless they have one already).

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

What is it like to be so small that a droplet of water is too much to drink?

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

My spring rearing season is pretty much over and I feel like empty nesting… 😝

A sexual generation gall of Amphibolips quercuspomiformis on Quercus wislizeni. The last resident who emerged from this little house was a parasitoid.

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Yesterday was our first float trip of this year. A lovely day ☺️

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Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

DNA verified Sclerotiniaceae sp. ‘CA02’ growing on a tan oak acorn in Sonoma County, California. The third known observation of this apparently rare and likely undescribed species. Sequenced by Mycota Lab. iNat 229196445 / MO 489006 #fungi #ascomycota #macro #fungifriends

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Alan Rockefeller @alanrockefeller.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

I'm excited to be leading 2 spring mushroom hunts in the Sierra Nevada with @forkinthepath on June 7 & 8. We will be looking for morels & porcini while learning about photographing mushrooms & Sierra Nevada ecology. More info at www.forkinthepath.org/classes

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norikonbuchan.bsky.social @norikonbuchan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

So our morel hunting wasn’t successful, but it led to an unexpected discovery. This is the only third known record of Andricus mendocinensis since it was described, and first on @inaturalist.bsky.social ! www.inaturalist.org/observations...