Tim Frey
@phytophthora.bsky.social
Interests; Galls, plants, board games, food, classical music, NBA basketball
PhD plant pathology. Soil and hydroponic microbial communities and nematode interactions.
Wooster, Ohio.
@calconey on iNaturalist
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PhD plant pathology. Soil and hydroponic microbial communities and nematode interactions.
Wooster, Ohio.
@calconey on iNaturalist
gallformers admin
I’m a little late on this but my favorite gall week find of Gall Week 2025; these tiny Neuroterus (presumably) flower galls on Q stellata. Madison County, OH. Adults reared only a few days later.
May 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m a little late on this but my favorite gall week find of Gall Week 2025; these tiny Neuroterus (presumably) flower galls on Q stellata. Madison County, OH. Adults reared only a few days later.
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I'm painfully tired of honey bees still getting the most attention when they're not native to North America. They're basically livestock and outcompete our native bees. We do NOT need more urban hives.
So please, let's some some of our glorious wild bees for a change!
#Invertebrates
So please, let's some some of our glorious wild bees for a change!
#Invertebrates
April 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm painfully tired of honey bees still getting the most attention when they're not native to North America. They're basically livestock and outcompete our native bees. We do NOT need more urban hives.
So please, let's some some of our glorious wild bees for a change!
#Invertebrates
So please, let's some some of our glorious wild bees for a change!
#Invertebrates
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Here is a nice mushroom
April 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Here is a nice mushroom
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A little Eurytoma solenozospheriae drinking from the edge of a blueberry leaf. This was reared from a gall of Hemadas nubilipennis.
April 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A little Eurytoma solenozospheriae drinking from the edge of a blueberry leaf. This was reared from a gall of Hemadas nubilipennis.
More exciting news; the first fresh galls have arrived here in NE Ohio. Neuroterus vesicula on Q alba. These usually emerge before the leaves. This is my current “early tree”, and this is a couple of weeks later than last year.
March 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
More exciting news; the first fresh galls have arrived here in NE Ohio. Neuroterus vesicula on Q alba. These usually emerge before the leaves. This is my current “early tree”, and this is a couple of weeks later than last year.
The gall (on Myrtle oak flowers) and the adult gall wasp. Collected 3/24/25, Naval Live Oaks, Santa Rosa County FL. Hatched 3/31/25.
March 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The gall (on Myrtle oak flowers) and the adult gall wasp. Collected 3/24/25, Naval Live Oaks, Santa Rosa County FL. Hatched 3/31/25.
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March 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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NEW publication! Gall wasps associated with buds of Holm oak Quercus ilex in Britain: Plagiotrochus britaniae new to Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), Saphonecrus barbotini new to Britain and Ceroptres cerri new host record. FREE download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
March 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEW publication! Gall wasps associated with buds of Holm oak Quercus ilex in Britain: Plagiotrochus britaniae new to Britain (Scotland, England & Wales), Saphonecrus barbotini new to Britain and Ceroptres cerri new host record. FREE download here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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#WaspWednesday - The mealy oak gall wasp, Disholcaspis cinerosa
March 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
#WaspWednesday - The mealy oak gall wasp, Disholcaspis cinerosa
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Tried visible mending for the first time last year with this turtleneck. Really like the results.
[ #handmade #insects #embroidery ]
[ #handmade #insects #embroidery ]
March 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Tried visible mending for the first time last year with this turtleneck. Really like the results.
[ #handmade #insects #embroidery ]
[ #handmade #insects #embroidery ]
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#NewSpecies alert! We just published a paper in Zootaxa describing two gorgeous species of #Ormyrus parasitoid wasps associated with herb #gall #wasps! Ormyrus bellbowl is named after the Bell Bowl #Prairie in opposition to its abhorrent partial destruction in 2023. #PreserveOurPrairies
March 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#NewSpecies alert! We just published a paper in Zootaxa describing two gorgeous species of #Ormyrus parasitoid wasps associated with herb #gall #wasps! Ormyrus bellbowl is named after the Bell Bowl #Prairie in opposition to its abhorrent partial destruction in 2023. #PreserveOurPrairies
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We are hiring a seasonal research intern to work in our Bur Oak ACE experiment at The Morton Arboretum. Our lab is a fun group, the experiment fascinating. Come join us!
Application:
careers.hireology.com/themortonarb...
... information:
www.wbez.org/race-class-c...
grist.org/science/to-u...
Application:
careers.hireology.com/themortonarb...
... information:
www.wbez.org/race-class-c...
grist.org/science/to-u...
February 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We are hiring a seasonal research intern to work in our Bur Oak ACE experiment at The Morton Arboretum. Our lab is a fun group, the experiment fascinating. Come join us!
Application:
careers.hireology.com/themortonarb...
... information:
www.wbez.org/race-class-c...
grist.org/science/to-u...
Application:
careers.hireology.com/themortonarb...
... information:
www.wbez.org/race-class-c...
grist.org/science/to-u...
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The most recent lecture I gave on Oak Origins at The Morton Arboretum was really nicely recorded and is available for free online. This is the fullest and cleanest version of the lecture I've given to date, with some new info.
I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share.
vimeo.com/1057955943
I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share.
vimeo.com/1057955943
Oak Origins
On February 15, 2025, The Morton Arboretum hosted a lecture in honor of the release of Dr. Andrew Hipp's book Oak Origins: From Acorns to Species and the…
vimeo.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The most recent lecture I gave on Oak Origins at The Morton Arboretum was really nicely recorded and is available for free online. This is the fullest and cleanest version of the lecture I've given to date, with some new info.
I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share.
vimeo.com/1057955943
I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to share.
vimeo.com/1057955943
This is a fantastic thread.
I was listening to Harry Belafonte's hit "Day-O," wherein he notes "a beautiful bunch of ripe banana/Hide the deadly black tarantula"
The obvious question: it's probably not tarantulas, they're terrestrial, so what kind of spider IS Harry Belafonte singing about?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5dp...
The obvious question: it's probably not tarantulas, they're terrestrial, so what kind of spider IS Harry Belafonte singing about?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5dp...
Harry Belafonte - Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) (Live)
YouTube video by Harry Belafonte Television and Video Archive
www.youtube.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is a fantastic thread.
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Happy Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day
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It’s #Darwin Day. He was interested in the #galls #insects induce on #plants. He mused that gall development is caused by injected insect chemicals altering the plant’s own signals and that this involves fruit development traits, resulting in galls that resemble fruits. Gall Left, Fruit Right 🌿🧪
February 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"We thought plants that are being munched on send warning signals to others, allowing them to boost defences. Turns out, plants are actually selfish jerks and their neighbours resort to chemical eavesdropping": a new @biology.ox.ac.uk paper by @stuwest.bsky.social
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The evolution of signaling and monitoring in plant–fungal networks | PNAS
Experiments have shown that when one plant is attacked by a pathogen or herbivore,
this can lead to other plants connected to the same mycorrhizal ...
www.pnas.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"We thought plants that are being munched on send warning signals to others, allowing them to boost defences. Turns out, plants are actually selfish jerks and their neighbours resort to chemical eavesdropping": a new @biology.ox.ac.uk paper by @stuwest.bsky.social
🧪🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🧪🌱
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sending beneficial nematodes to the International Space Station "The first biocontrol experiment in space".
Sending beneficial nematodes to the International Space Station "The first biocontrol experiment in space".
Dynamics of entomopathogenic nematode foraging and infectivity in microgravity - npj Microgravity
npj Microgravity - Dynamics of entomopathogenic nematode foraging and infectivity in microgravity
www.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Sending beneficial nematodes to the International Space Station "The first biocontrol experiment in space".
Sending beneficial nematodes to the International Space Station "The first biocontrol experiment in space".
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Little bug. Big munch.
January 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Little bug. Big munch.
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Our new @pnas.org paper shows a previously unrecognized mechanism by which climate warming reduces beech growth: more frequent seed production depletes tree resources, causing a 28% decline in radial growth.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Funded by @ncngovpl.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Funded by @ncngovpl.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our new @pnas.org paper shows a previously unrecognized mechanism by which climate warming reduces beech growth: more frequent seed production depletes tree resources, causing a 28% decline in radial growth.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Funded by @ncngovpl.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Funded by @ncngovpl.bsky.social
Gotta be this massive Quercus muehlenbergii on my grandfathers farm.
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Gotta be this massive Quercus muehlenbergii on my grandfathers farm.
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I walked the Cave Spring Trail every weekend for over a year when I lived in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. During that time, I had the privilege of documenting the development of many #galls. Here's one of my favorites. Details in alt text. #nationalpark #entomology #utah
January 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I walked the Cave Spring Trail every weekend for over a year when I lived in the Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. During that time, I had the privilege of documenting the development of many #galls. Here's one of my favorites. Details in alt text. #nationalpark #entomology #utah
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Oh to be a bebe sawfly munching holes in a leaf.
January 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Oh to be a bebe sawfly munching holes in a leaf.
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Larger empty apple oak gall (Amphibolips quercusinanis). The wasp larva resides in a protective chamber at the center, grazing on soft plant tissue fed by the radiating fibers. #wasp #insect #hymenoptera #entomology #gall #galls #oak #cynipidae
January 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Larger empty apple oak gall (Amphibolips quercusinanis). The wasp larva resides in a protective chamber at the center, grazing on soft plant tissue fed by the radiating fibers. #wasp #insect #hymenoptera #entomology #gall #galls #oak #cynipidae
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The Scarce Silver-lines moth. Trapped in Middlewich in Cheshire in July a few years ago. Flies between June and August over most of England and Wales. #moths
January 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Scarce Silver-lines moth. Trapped in Middlewich in Cheshire in July a few years ago. Flies between June and August over most of England and Wales. #moths