{"id":157,"date":"2013-09-20T15:44:02","date_gmt":"2013-09-20T19:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/?p=157"},"modified":"2013-10-16T09:56:53","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T13:56:53","slug":"september-trivia-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/2013\/09\/september-trivia-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"September Trivia Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I see nobody took a shot at answering the September trivia question. That&#8217;s okay but please don&#8217;t be shy! Wild\u00a0guesses are encouraged-\u00a0if for nothing more than entertainment value.<\/p>\n<p>The fuzzy orange things on the oak leaves are actually galls created by very tiny\u00a0wasps (pictured below)\u00a0in the\u00a0family Cynipidae. Don&#8217;t worry, these aren&#8217;t like the Red Wasps that will attack you if disturbed. These wasps do not nest and therefore are not territorial. In fact, these wasps are so small, around 2-8 mm,\u00a0that you may never even notice them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/LH5RHHGRLH4RKHIR9LZZWLLZELYL6LSZLHQRNL0RJZYLYZ7RCZYLOZ3LULRZOZKR3Z0RFZXRPLQROZ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-158\" alt=\"LH5RHHGRLH4RKHIR9LZZWLLZELYL6LSZLHQRNL0RJZYLYZ7RCZYLOZ3LULRZOZKR3Z0RFZXRPLQROZ\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/LH5RHHGRLH4RKHIR9LZZWLLZELYL6LSZLHQRNL0RJZYLYZ7RCZYLOZ3LULRZOZKR3Z0RFZXRPLQROZ.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/LH5RHHGRLH4RKHIR9LZZWLLZELYL6LSZLHQRNL0RJZYLYZ7RCZYLOZ3LULRZOZKR3Z0RFZXRPLQROZ.jpg 560w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/LH5RHHGRLH4RKHIR9LZZWLLZELYL6LSZLHQRNL0RJZYLYZ7RCZYLOZ3LULRZOZKR3Z0RFZXRPLQROZ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/LH5RHHGRLH4RKHIR9LZZWLLZELYL6LSZLHQRNL0RJZYLYZ7RCZYLOZ3LULRZOZKR3Z0RFZXRPLQROZ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/LH5RHHGRLH4RKHIR9LZZWLLZELYL6LSZLHQRNL0RJZYLYZ7RCZYLOZ3LULRZOZKR3Z0RFZXRPLQROZ-138x138.jpg 138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are over 600 arthropods that can causes galls on oak trees. Some can\u00a0be found on leaves, some on twigs and stems. Each wasp species has certain corresponding oak species\u00a0where they prefer to lay their eggs. Galls range widely in size and shape. Some are large and smooth, small and fuzzy, or very colorful like the Wool Sower Gall (pictured below). After the adult wasp lays her eggs onto the tree, the immature wasp larvae may overwinter for years before emergence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/2109024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159\" alt=\"2109024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/2109024.jpg\" width=\"379\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/2109024.jpg 379w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/2109024-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/files\/2013\/09\/2109024-136x138.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is some damage done to the tree with these galls.\u00a0Galls are not usually in such high numbers as shown in last week&#8217;s post. Some premature defoliation may result from heavy infestations but is usually of little concern. Oak nurseries are the only setting where control may be necessary, just because of the loss of aesthetic value.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed this little tid-bit. Look for more to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I see nobody took a shot at answering the September trivia question. That&#8217;s okay but please don&#8217;t be shy! Wild\u00a0guesses are encouraged-\u00a0if for nothing more than entertainment value. The fuzzy orange things on the oak leaves are actually galls created by very tiny\u00a0wasps (pictured below)\u00a0in the\u00a0family Cynipidae. Don&#8217;t worry, these aren&#8217;t like the Red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trivia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/colquittag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}