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8-year-old boy's discovery rewrites 100 years of insect and plant knowledge
Once the galls detach from the tree and fall to the ground ... mimicking the profile of dead insects—a primary food source for scavenging ants. “The fatty acids in gall caps and elaiosomes ...
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New wasp could help to protect crucial native trees
Leaves of endemic wiliwili riddled by Erythrina gall wasp damage are pictured on a tree on Kahoolawe in 2008. FOREST AND KIM STARR photo Reinforcements are being called to the front lines of a ...