Backyard and Beyond

Starting out from Brooklyn, an amateur naturalist explores our world.

As John Burroughs said, “The place to observe nature is where you are.”

Beeching Out

All the same Fagus.Galls, burls, one and the same?

Did they dig out or dig in?

mthew

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2 responses to “Beeching Out”

  1. Charley Eiseman

    Interesting! I haven’t seen these before, but I think it’s safe to say those are exit holes. My guess is that the growths were caused by a fungus and the holes are from emerging adults of some kind of tiny beetles that fed as larvae on the modified tissue.

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    1. mthew

      Thank you, Charley! I see you have a Nantucket connection, too. Perhaps we’ll run into each other there one day, although it’s been a few years since I was last there.

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