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Old 07-01-2007, 09:48 PM
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amazing!

nice to have a botanist around.

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Old 07-01-2007, 10:05 PM
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Dude.. you licked one!
I'm sure I've licked worse.

psst, psst, psst...
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Old 07-01-2007, 10:05 PM
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You are absolutly correct. Its appears to be an oak gall.

Closer inspection reveals small magots.

Nature never ceases to amaze.
Even a clock is right twice a day.

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Old 07-01-2007, 10:06 PM
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I'm sure I've licked worse.

psst, psst, psst...
no.. maggot stuff.. nasty man..
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Old 07-01-2007, 10:19 PM
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Eh, it was probably rich in protein.
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Old 07-01-2007, 10:32 PM
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I'm sure I've licked worse.

psst, psst, psst...
Sh#@ happens.
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Old 07-01-2007, 10:35 PM
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Descriptions.

http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef408.asp
http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/gallsOnOak.htm
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Old 07-01-2007, 11:31 PM
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So, these things are going to hatch out in my house?

I may just take 'em back outside and see what happens in the next few weeks.
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Old 07-02-2007, 06:04 AM
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Or put them in a large glass jar.

My wife has put praying mantiss in jars before for her third graders and their eggs hatched hundreds of little mantiss running around the room after some kid opened up the jar at the wrong time!

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Old 07-02-2007, 07:28 AM
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So, these things are going to hatch out in my house?

I may just take 'em back outside and see what happens in the next few weeks.
Livin' life on the edge, aren't we?

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