In northern New England, acorns ripen in late summer and normally drop from oak trees from September through October. They may fall earlier, however, for a host of reasons, from eager squirrels ...

Woolly oak gall Goldenrod ball gall and bunch gall on same plant. Ruth Smith photo. Oak apple gall. Ruth Smith photo. A friend sent me a text message recently in which she asked, “Any idea what these ...

Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

Q: We have oaks all around our property and it sounds like someone is popping corn in the woods when we walk out among the trees. When we investigated further we found these little brown “seeds” ...

Alias: Mossy rose gall wasp, or more often it is referred to just as rose gall. Rose gall wasps are significantly smaller than your standard paper wasp. It overwinters as a larva in a gall made by an ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Some residents have noticed small acorn-like balls in their yard or around their oak trees, but with acorn season not starting until the fall, what are they? The balls ...

The gall wasp group (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) represents an exceptional model for understanding ecological interactions, evolutionary innovation and the dynamic interplay between insects and their host ...

Something akin to Christmas balls are showing up in trees throughout Connecticut, and state officials are warning admirers the festive decorations are actually communities of wasps. The tan-colored ...

In an effort to save wiliwili trees, the only species of its kind that naturally occurs in Hawaii, state officials are finalizing the details of a plan to fight off an invasive wasp that’s been ...

Something akin to Christmas balls are showing up in trees throughout Connecticut, and state officials are warning viewers the festive decorations are actually communities of wasps. Connecticut Fish ...