Jack C. Schultz

Hey Houstonites!  I’ll be talking about plant behavior at the Patterson Park Patio Bar on Tues Nov 10. It should be a lot of fun and even startling. Visit  eventbrite.com/e/after5houst… for details. Hope to see you there! (After5society sponsors weekly presentations on science etc.)

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This bald cypress tree had more galls per branch than any tree I've ever seen. Galled by Cypress twig gall midge, Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa

This ovenbird is a warbler unrelated to the South American ‘true’ ovenbirds (Furnariidae). Here’s their nest:

It’s Feb 13 and the live oaks are flowering in Houston

Bauhinia street side in LA. A largely tropical genus

#galls on Mustang grape leaves formed by a #moth in the genus Heliozela (I think) Houston TX

Dryocosmus? ⁦@scottpegan⁩ Southern Live Oak, Houston

#ThrowbackThursday With science and life collaborator Heidi Appel at the Wayquecha Biological Station in Peru. amazonconservation.org/what-… Below is a massive, multi-acre litter throughfall and nutrient cycling experiment.

Here's a #caterpillar gut. The long green portion is the foregut, full of freshly-consumed leaf material. The brown section is the midgut, where the leaf material is oxidized, causing the color change. Ph there is around 11.5 #insect