Talk:Andricus quercuscalicis

Gall forming insects
This section appears in each of (at least) the following articles: Cola-nut gall; Eriophyes tiliae tiliae; Oak artichoke gall; Pineapple gall; Red-pea gall; and Rose bedeguar gall. I suggest it be removed and merged if necessary into Gall. Heds (talk) 03:25, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

True. However I feel that few people will visit more than one article. Rosser (talk) 07:36, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

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I find this sentence loaded: "making this gall potentially more threatening than those that develop on leaves, buds, stems, etc". Threatening to what? To the fitness of individual oak trees attached? To the population viability of English oaks? Both very unlikely. One has to consider the longevity of this organism. Of all acorns produced by one oak tree throughout its lifetime, 99,9% or so are lost to parasites and predators. One acorns can only be parasitized/eaten once, so Andricus quercuscalis may be a competitor to Cydia splendana and to jays, squirrels and mice. What regards long-term population trends, they are likely to be determined much more by survival than by fecundity for long-lived organisms. I suggest: delete the setence. Hhbruun (talk) 15:32, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

If we look at the complete sentence - "The gall thus produced can greatly reduce the fecundity of the oak host, making this gall potentially more threatening than those that develop on leaves, buds, stems, etc."

Can the point be disputed that the loss of even more acorns than before will reduce fecundity?Rosser Gruffydd 19:10, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

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This is a great article! Yoleaux (talk) 08:51, 1 March 2020 (UTC)

I second that. I plan to incorporate some of the formatting into gall pages i expect to create in the near future. One thing I am finding is that there are more than one forms the galls for a species depending on the sex of the organism, the host, how developed the gall is, how many other organisms have been involved with the gall formation. This can be a mess, a problem or very interesting depending on how well it is known and presented. I am on the part of the learning curve where I know just enough to be dangerous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.46.65.199 (talk) 15:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

Fascinating!
Never heard of this before.

Also, looking at its unusual shape....It must be the inspiration for Koffing & Weezing Pokémon. Okay, possibly. --Cinemaniac86Dane_Cook_Hater_Extraordinaire 10:14, 3 November 2023 (UTC)