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on plum tree, only on Santa Rosa graft branch

First (of a few, I hope) gall former reared from this gall: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197097097

This observation was divided from # 198452548. The original observation tracks the plant while this new observation tracks the galls that formed on some of the branches.

big-bud gall

Maybe?

@earley_bird

Insect on Salix sp. with Melampsora rust fungi. It appeared to be eating the rust.

in Picea sitchensis cone

on Croton texensis

don't remember/recognize the host. Some herbaceous asteraceae I guess

The gall

Straw-like egg cases(?) stuck to walls and glass.

In ericameria nauseosa

Galls on Guardiola arguta.

Observation referring to the needle gall, host photos included for reference

Galls on Ericameria nauseosa

Found on the grass species Hilaria jamesii. The galls look like onions

Maybe? Not sure what plant this is..

Host: Prosopis velutina. Guess of ID is based on other Contarinia species producing galls in the junction of leaflet pairs and the rachis of leguminous trees.

Another tree with the stem bud galls. On willow. Cc @tepary @awenninger

Gall on willow stem? Cc @tepary. Rabdophaga rigidae, the willow beaked-gall midge?

on bishop pine

Rubber Rabbitbrush; unknown

Rubber Rabbitbrush; note the conversation associated with https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153190620. The gall above is the same or similar but on Rabbitbrush, not goldenbush

On white spruce

On chamaenerion angustifolium

Not sure on host plant - Oreocarya sp.?

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Edit: Host plant is Oreocarya sp., likely O. flava

?? The second photo is the uninfected host

Insect gall?

I'm assuming this is a gall. On cultivated Q. gambelii.

Gall found on a bigleaf saltbush.

On ponderosa pine

on what might had been a willow??

Eggs on sunflower

The gall

Insect? Fungus? Infection on bromus marginatus

Host plant tbd

On Ericameria

On

Gall on willow stem

Gall on Gutierrezia sarothrae, Gall appears to be composed of deformed leaves closely pressed together. With a fresh looking Cecidomyiid exuvia protruding from the side of the gall.

Interesting bud gall on big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

On riparian variation of Ericameria nauseosa