{"id":501,"date":"2020-04-30T10:22:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/?p=501"},"modified":"2020-04-30T10:22:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:22:30","slug":"insects-on-willows-weevils-beetles-galling-herbivores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/insects-on-willows-weevils-beetles-galling-herbivores\/","title":{"rendered":"Insects on Willows: Weevils, Beetles, Galling Herbivores"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13a-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13a-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13a.png 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption> Chrysomelid beetle\u00a0larvae\u00a0chew on willow leaves \u2013 leaving\u00a0these patterns of skeletonization behind. Photo by Carri LeRoy\u00a0 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Willows across the Pumice Plain of Mount St. Helens provide more than just riparian vegetation! They provide shelter, habitat and food to a variety of insects. Insects like Chrysomelid beetle larvae chew their way through willow leaves!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13b-300x198.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13b-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13b.png 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption> The\u00a0poplar &amp;\u00a0willow stem-boring weevil,\u00a0<em>Cryptorhynchus\u00a0lapathi,<\/em>\u00a0was introduced\u00a0to Mount St. Helens in 1989. Photo by Carri LeRoy\u00a0 <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another insect that utilizes the willows is the stem-boring weevil, which is native to Europe but was introduced to Mount St Helens in 1989! The tiny long-nosed guys, show up a lot in our studies as they cause branch death and mortality of willows.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13c-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13c-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/528\/2020\/04\/13c.png 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption> Galling herbivores like this\u00a0likely galling\u00a0midge show\u00a0variation in activity across\u00a0the Pumice Plain of Mount St. Helens. Photo by Carri LeRoy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Insects like galling midges have specialized feeding behaviors that require willow leaves as a host. They create new microhabitats for their young via galling. Stay tuned to learn more about the aquatic macroinvertebrates that colonize willow leaves that fall into streams!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willows across the Pumice Plain of Mount St. Helens provide more than just riparian vegetation! They provide shelter, habitat and food to a variety of insects. Insects like Chrysomelid beetle larvae chew their way through willow leaves! Another insect that utilizes the willows is the stem-boring weevil, which is native to Europe but was introduced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7504,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[6,4,5,9],"tags":[54,56,55,52,38,40,31,44,34,53,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/l3notes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}