Photinia fungus
Photinia. Valley Springs, Ca.
Is it leaf spot?
Probable bird poop
Probable bird scat collected from off a deck in Pine Mt Lake, Groveland California.
unk wasp
Valley Springs, by Andrew. Tiny, like a cm long or so.
What is it?
tree problems
An account in Copperopolis has some smallish trees in the back yard.
Fuji Apple
Maple (that appears to be dead)
Pear
The Fuji apple has sapsucker damage. But what might be causing the gaps at the branching off points?
The maple appears to have started to bud, and then died.
The black on the trunk is the result of excessive spraying she did to control borers, which is what she thought was the issue.
Tape sample photos for AZ
16 March 2021. Below are images of the material collected on tape. No bugs there.
Narrow leaved miner’s lettuce, Claytonia parviflora
Ryles found this weed in a gravel driveway in Pine Mt Lake. It has a tiny root, and lots of needle-shaped, flexible leaves growing from the base. We took photos of it and sent them to Scott Oneto, Agriculture and Natural Resources Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension. Scott replied back, saying it was narrow leaved miner’s lettuce, Claytonia parviflora. This plant was hard to ID, in this state. Had the flowers been out, it would have easy, as the flowers are so distinctive.
3-8-21
Giant Lacewings, Polystoechotes
Marty Mills brought in two very large specimens of what appeared be huge lacewings. A customer in the Saddle Creek area gave them to him for identification, in Mid-February 2021. Ryder Richards then transferred the specimens to me.
Surprised by their large size, I asked Dr. Lynn Kimsey of the US Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology, for help with the ID. Based on photographs, she said it was its one of the giant lacewings in the genus Polystoechotes, probably punctata, and that they are not often seen.
We’ll be sending the specimens to Dr, Kimsey to add to the museum’s collections.
Here are some photographs.
