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Ohio Department of Natural Resources-Goll Woods State Nature Preserve Goll Woods State Nature Preserve is a 321-acre (130 ha) nature preserve in western Fulton County , Ohio , near Archbold . It has been designated a National Natural Landmark for its oak–hickory forest .
Andricus quercusstrobilanus, the lobed oak gall wasp, is a species [1] of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae, [2] found in North America. [3] The quercus in its specific name is the genus name for oak, while "strobilus" is derived from the Greek strobilo which means "cone", a reference to the cone shape of the gall; [4] thus the gall is sometimes called pine cone oak gall.
Oak galls have been used in the production of ink since at least the time of the Roman Empire. From the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century, iron gall ink was the main medium used for writing in the Western world. [2] Gall nuts are a source of tannin in the production of iron gall ink. Tannins belong to a group of molecules known as ...
Pyemotes herfsi, also known as the oak leaf gall mite or itch mite, is an ectoparasitic mite identified in Europe and subsequently found in India, Asia, and the United States. The mite parasitizes a variety of insect hosts and bites humans, causing red, itchy, and painful wheals (welts).
Andricus foecundatrix (formerly Andricus fecundator) is a parthenogenetic gall wasp which lays a single egg within a leaf bud, using its ovipositor, to produce a gall known as an oak artichoke gall, oak hop gall, larch-cone gall or hop strobile [1] [2] The gall develops as a chemically induced distortion of leaf axillary or terminal buds on pedunculate oak (Quercus robur) or sessile oak ...
Trichoteras vacciniifoliae, formerly Andricus vacciniifoliae, [1] the golden oak apple wasp, is a species of gall-forming hymenopteran. The wasp creates a stem gall [2] on host plants, namely huckleberry oaks and canyon live oaks. [3] Andricus vacciniifoliae is native to the west coast of North America. [4]
Disholcaspis quercusmamma, the oak rough bulletgall wasp, is a species of gall wasp in the family Cynipidae. [1] The quercus in its name is the genus name for oak , while "mamma" is Latin for "breast", presumably a reference to the "nipple" on the gall .
Atrusca brevipennata, formerly Andricus pellucidus, also known as the little oak-apple gall wasp, is a locally common species of cynipid wasp that produces galls on oak trees in North America. [1] The wasp oviposits on shrub live oak and Gambel oak leaves. [ 1 ]