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.”

Hickory Gall Midges

I’ve put a lot of Cynipid gall wasps, who create galls on oak trees, up recently. Something I haven’t given much attention to in recent years are the Caryomyia genus midges who create galls on hickories. In this case, it’s a Pignut Hickory/Carya glabra.

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