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--Apple-Mail-66--383383452 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Aren't the long apical projections just remains of the floral stigma? Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: Nancy P Dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > Date: July 5, 2013 3:19:13 PM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] weevil snorkels? on Rhodora > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Yes I think you may be right about the projections being a fungus > of some sort. The hole it is coming out might be where an insect > has bored in and has either allowed the spores to enter or passed > them along. Or possibly the fungus itself penetrated the seed pod > from the inside since it comes out the top too. > > The weevil pictured could be responsible for the hole. It's photo > is poor quality (3mm is hard to capture with an iPhone camera) but > it does have a distinct snout hence the ID. > > Nancy > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-07-05, at 10:43 AM, David & Alison Webster > <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > >> Just a guess but it might be a fungal structure of some kind along >> the lines of Exobasidium. The insect looks like an early instar of >> some Hemipteran. >> DW >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: nancy dowd >> To: naturens >> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 9:50 AM >> Subject: [NatureNS] weevil snorkels? on Rhodora >> >> I took this fuzzy picture of these Rhodora seed pods b/c I was >> wondering what the projections sticking out of the ends of the >> unripe seeds were: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9213396031/ >> >> When I took a close-up of the green pods I noticed one coming out >> of the side as well: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ >> 92981528@N08/9216174226/ >> >> Then this small Weevil dropped out of the plant: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9213397561/ >> >> My question: Would these tubes have something to do with the >> weevil larvae that are probably inside, feeding on the unripe >> pods? Some large aquatic fly grubs (maggots) have long breathing >> tubes. >> >> Weevil id? >> >> Nancy >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6465 - Release Date: >> 07/04/13 >> --Apple-Mail-66--383383452 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Aren't the long apical projections just remains of the floral stigma? = Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded = message:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nancy P Dowd <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></font></= div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 5, 2013 3:19:13 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] weevil snorkels? on = Rhodora</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div>Yes I think = you may be right about the projections being a fungus of some sort. The = hole it is coming out might be where an insect has bored in and has = either allowed the spores to enter or passed them along. Or possibly the = fungus itself penetrated the seed pod from the inside since it comes out = the top too. </div><div><br></div><div>The weevil pictured could be = responsible for the hole. It's photo is poor quality (3mm is hard to = capture with an iPhone camera) but it does have a distinct snout hence = the ID. </div><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br>Sent from my = iPhone</div><div><br>On 2013-07-05, at 10:43 AM, David & Alison = Webster <<a = href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dwebster@glinx.com</a>> = wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div> <style></style> = <div><font size=3D"2">Just a guess but it might be a fungal structure of = some kind along the lines of Exobasidium. The insect looks like an early = instar of some Hemipteran.</font></div> <div><font = size=3D"2">DW</font></div> <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px = solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- = Original Message ----- </div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; = BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:</b> <a = title=3D"nanc