[Homestead] Primitive Technology Living

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Fri Oct 17 18:27:55 EDT 2008


And, here's another clue that it is a gall/wasp
I am overrun in these argiope spiders
http://www.aphotofauna.com/Wasp%20Spider26-08-04.jpg
There's a spider every 10 feet or so, just of that species.  It makes 
perfect sense that there could be that many wasps..

Bev, who dislikes spiders

EarthNSky wrote:
> I'm like you, I want to know things.  I want to know every plant, tree, 
> insect, gall, whatever, that is part of my world here.  Even with the 
> internet and Google, I haven't been able to find a picture of my gall. 
> That is indicative of some serious biodiversity.  I may be looking at 
> some indigenous localized wasp species or maybe there is something 
> unique about my soil that causes the tree to make a different kind of 
> gall.  I cut it open, and inside I can see pulpy striations like the 
> striations you see on a larger scale in the apple oak gall.
> Anyway, you never know when or how such knowledge might be useful.



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