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Why You Shouldn't Be Alarmed When Finding Gall Wasps In Your Yard
Gall wasps are a stingless species that create galls on trees and bushes where they grow from larvae into adulthood. So, now we know they won't hurt us, but are those bulbous tumor-like balls on ...
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Have small balls in your yard? They could be gall wasp eggs!
The balls taking space on the trees are eggs of Gall Wasps. Gall wasps are a small breed of wasps that lay their eggs in Oak and Pecan trees. Their eggs grow into the tree, leaving a hard capsule ...
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An 8-year-old’s backyard discovery about ants changed Earth science
Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's connections.
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New wasp could help to protect crucial native trees
Leaves of endemic wiliwili riddled by Erythrina gall wasp damage are pictured on a tree on Kahoolawe in 2008. FOREST AND KIM STARR photo Reinforcements are being called to the front lines of a ...