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Archive for month: March 2021
JimFungiMarch 30, 20210 Likes

Photinia fungus

Photinia. Valley Springs, Ca.

Is it leaf spot?

 

 

JimFrass CollectionMarch 30, 20210 Likes

Probable bird poop

Probable bird scat collected from off a deck in Pine Mt Lake, Groveland California.

 

 

JimPhotosMarch 24, 20210 Likes

unk wasp

Valley Springs, by Andrew. Tiny, like a cm long or so.

What is it?

 

JimPhotosMarch 22, 20210 Likes

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JimPhotosMarch 16, 20210 Likes

Tape sample photos for AZ

16 March 2021. Below are images of the material collected on tape. No bugs there.

 

 

JimWeedsMarch 9, 20210 Likes

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

 

 

 

 

 

JimInsects and related pestsMarch 1, 20210 Likes

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.

 

 

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