What is Slugyard?

Slugyard is a window to the world around you. Most of these photos were taken from in or around my yard. I hope they encourage you and your family to pay more attention to the world outside your door.

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California Oak Gall Wasp in Oregon

By Mike, on January 2nd, 2011
Oak Gall

What is this? My boys and I saw it hanging from an oak tree in Camassia yesterday.

Maybe it’s a gall?

Remember a couple of weeks ago when I posted about an oak gall wasp that affected leaves? The link is here. We saw a lot of these leaf galls laying on the . . . → Read More and See Photos: California Oak Gall Wasp in Oregon

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Oregon Oak Gall

By Mike, on December 12th, 2010
oak gall

This oak leaf was sitting in the park down the street from our house. At first I thought the speckled ball was some sort of seed pod, but I remembered that oak trees produced acorns. Then I noticed that the ball was actually attached to the leaf. What was it?

According to Insects of . . . → Read More and See Photos: Oregon Oak Gall

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