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Chris On 16-Jul-09, at 11:17 PM, Phil & Maria wrote: > The cycle of laying the eggs and them showing up on the leaves...if > I collect all the leaves that have the galls on them and destroy > them, will this eventually stop happening to the tree...I guess if > they're not really harming anything it's no big deal and I probably > wouldn't be able to stop it from happening anyways. > Maria > > Christopher Majka wrote: >> >> Hi Maria, >> >> On 16-Jul-09, at 9:44 PM, Phil & Maria wrote: >> >>> Thanks Christopher! >>> I followed your link and read up on the apple gall >>> wasp...apparently it's nothing to worry about, and I need not do >>> anything at all as it won't harm the tree and it won't harm people. >>> I'm wondering tho, if I destroy the galls when the first start >>> appearing, will I eventually break the cycle? >> >> Break what cycle? >> >>> Another interesting note...there is a young oak tree at my cottage >>> in Upper Economy...my father planted both these trees...the one at >>> the cottage first, and mine a couple of years later. I checked >>> the cottage one...there are no galls on it this year at all, >>> although I know they have been there previous years...I wonder why >>> that is? >> >> Nature has many mysteries, and unfortunately trees can't >> speak ... ;-> >> >> Cheers! >> >> Chris >> >> >> Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova >> Scotia, Canada >> >> * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm >> * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ >> * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index >> * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html >> * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/atlantic_coleoptera.html >> >> "Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles, I feel like an old >> war-horse at the sound of a trumpet." - Charles Darwin >> --Apple-Mail-226-1055480419 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi = Maria,<div><br></div><div>Cynipids are small wasps that fly very well = and (one presumes) are readily able to detect oak trees. You'd = probably have to collect and destroy all the galls from all the oaks = from a very substantial area (on the order of a kilometer or more I = should guess) in order to eliminate the supply of cynipds able to = colonize your tree - a substantial amount of work I would assume ... = ;-></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</di= v><div><br><div><div>On 16-Jul-09, at 11:17 PM, Phil & Maria = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"> <div bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"> The cycle of = laying the eggs and them showing up on the leaves...if I collect all the = leaves that have the galls on them and destroy them, will this = eventually stop happening to the tree...I guess if they're not really = harming anything it's no big deal and I probably wouldn't be able to = stop it from happening anyways.<br> Maria<br> <br> Christopher Majka = wrote: <blockquote = cite=3D"mid:6F6C87FA-118D-44BD-AB93-35E57D252796@ns.sympatico.ca" = type=3D"cite">Hi Maria, <div><br> <div> <div>On 16-Jul-09, at 9:44 = PM, Phil & Maria wrote:</div> <br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"> Thanks Christopher!<br> I followed = your link and read up on the apple gall wasp...apparently it's nothing = to worry about, and I need not do anything at all as it won't harm the = tree and it won't harm people. <br> I'm wondering tho, if I = destroy the galls when the first start appearing, will I eventually = break the cycle?<br> </div> </blockquote> <div><br> </div> = <div>Break what cycle?</div> <br> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff" text=3D"#000000"> Another interesting note...there = is a young oak tree at my cottage in Upper Economy...my father planted = both these trees...the one at the cottage first, and mine a couple of = years later. I checked the cottage one...there are no galls on it = this year at all, although I know they have been there previous = years...I wonder why that is?<br> </div> </blockquote> </div> <br> = </div> <div>Nature has many mysteries, and unfortunately trees can't = speak ... ;-></div> <div><br> </div> <div>Cheers!</div> <div><br> = </div> <div>Chris</div> <br> <br> <div apple-content-edited=3D"true">= <span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px;"> <div style=3D""><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(