Comments on: My Maple Shrub is Flaming http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/ A blog about the weird wonderfulness of life on Earth Fri, 07 Mar 2014 01:10:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.31 By: You Mite Want to Get That Looked At . . . http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:13:15 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3571#comment-555 […] really galls, or abnormal plant growths caused by the invasion of a parasitic organism — from the last post were created by a tiny arachnid called an erineum mite (Aceria sp.). I’ve seen many a gall in […]

]]> By: kati http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:34:55 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3571#comment-550 galls have always fascinated me!

and omg:
http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/08/31/drink-up-nyc-meet-the-tiny-crustaceans-not-kosher-in-your-tap-water/?hpt=C2

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/comment-page-1/#comment-548 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:20:33 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3571#comment-548 Yes! We have a winner. : ) Full follow-up post to come.

]]> By: Janice http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:51:32 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3571#comment-547 Jennifer,
The red splotches are galls caused by the Eriophyid mite, Eriophyes calcercis.

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:33:06 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3571#comment-546 Oh — I should also add that eggs is not correct, but eggs are part of the process that makes this . . .

]]> By: Jennifer Frazer http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:07:46 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3571#comment-545 That comic is the most perfect summation of the internet I’ve ever seen. Here’s to the interw3bz! The cause of — and solution to — all of life’s problems . . .

]]> By: kati http://theartfulamoeba.com/2010/08/30/my-maple-shrub-is-flaming/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:45:27 +0000 http://theartfulamoeba.com/?p=3571#comment-544 some kind of eggs? hmmm now i’m going to have to google it.
http://comics.com/pearls_before_swine/2010-05-23/

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