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title=3D"nanc --Apple-Mail-3DA25936-E78B-4F76-8888-FDE94DDCA97D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I also just looked at the drawing in Merritt Gibson's Winter Nature Notes en= try for Rhodora and it clearly shows the projections as part of the plant st= ructure.=20 Still funny why one was sticking out of the side rather than the top.=20 Nancy Sent from my iPhone On 2013-07-05, at 6:46 PM, "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote= : > Aren't the long apical projections just remains of the floral stigma? Jim= in Wolfville. >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> 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 >>=20 >> 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 h= as either allowed the spores to enter or passed them along. Or possibly the f= ungus itself penetrated the seed pod from the inside since it comes out the t= op too.=20 >>=20 >> 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 d= istinct snout hence the ID.=20 >>=20 >> Nancy >>=20 >> Sent from my iPhone >>=20 >> On 2013-07-05, at 10:43 AM, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> w= rote: >>=20 >>> Just a guess but it might be a fungal structure of some kind along the l= ines of Exobasidium. The insect looks like an early instar of some Hemiptera= n. >>> DW >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: nancy dowd >>> To: naturens >>> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 9:50 AM >>> Subject: [NatureNS] weevil snorkels? on Rhodora >>>=20 >>> 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/ >>>=20 >>> 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/ >>>=20 >>> Then this small Weevil dropped out of the plant:=20 >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9213397561/ >>>=20 >>> My question: Would these tubes have something to do with the weevil larv= ae that are probably inside, feeding on the unripe pods? Some large aquatic f= ly grubs (maggots) have long breathing tubes. >>>=20 >>> Weevil id? >>>=20 >>> Nancy >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6465 - Release Date: 07/04/1= 3 >>>=20 >=20 --Apple-Mail-3DA25936-E78B-4F76-8888-FDE94DDCA97D Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>I also just looked at the drawing in M= erritt Gibson's Winter Nature Notes entry for Rhodora and it clearly shows t= he projections as part of the plant structure. </div><div><br></div><di= v>Still funny why one was sticking out of the side rather than the top. = ;</div><div><br></div><div>Nancy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On= 2013-07-05, at 6:46 PM, "James W. Wolford" <<a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford= @eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote= type=3D"cite"><div> 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-t= op: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font fa= ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetic= a; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" s= tyle=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">Nancy P Dowd <<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdow= d@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-t= op: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font fa= ce=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetic= a; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" s= tyle=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-lef= t: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"fon= t: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helveti= ca" 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>></font></div><div style=3D"ma= rgin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><f= ont face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px He= lvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" siz= e=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] weevil snorkels? o= n Rhodora</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; m= argin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" c= olor=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-T= o: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helv= etica"><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-botto= m: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div>Yes I think yo= u may be right about the projections being a fungus of some sort. The hole i= t 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 pen= etrated 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 hol= e. 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 A= M, David & Alison Webster <<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com">dweb= ster@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 lik= e 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-LE= FT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=3D"ltr= "> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <di= v style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><b>From:= </b> <a title=3D"nancypdowd@gmail.com" href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com= ">nancy dowd</a> </div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a tit= le=3D"naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">natur= ens</a> </div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 05= , 2013 9:50 AM</div> <div style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> [Natur= eNS] weevil snorkels? on Rhodora</div> <div><br></div> <div dir=3D"ltr">= <div> <div> <div> <div> <div>I took this fuzzy picture of these Rhodor= a seed pods b/c I was wondering what the projections sticking out of the e= nds of the unripe seeds were:<br><a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/929= 81528@N08/9213396031/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9213396031/= </a><br><br></div>When I took a close-up of the green pods I noticed one c= oming out of the side as well: <a href=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/929= 81528@N08/9216174226/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9216174226/= </a><br><br></div>Then this small Weevil dropped out of the plant: <br><a h= ref=3D"http://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9213397561/">http://www.fli= ckr.com/photos/92981528@N08/9213397561/</a><br><br></div>My question: Woul= d these tubes have something to do with the weevil larvae that are probabl= y inside, feeding on the unripe pods? Some large aquatic fly grubs (maggot= s) have long breathing tubes.<br><br></div>Weevil id?<br><br></div>Nancy<b= r></div><a></a><p align=3D"left" color=3D"#000000" avgcert??=3D"">No virus f= ound in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href=3D"http://www.avg.com">w= ww.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2013.0.3345 / Virus Database: 3204/6465 - Relea= se Date: 07/04/13</p></blockquote> </div></blockquote></blockquote></div><br= ></div></blockquote></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-3DA25936-E78B-4F76-8888-FDE94DDCA97D--
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