HTTP/2 301 server: nginx date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:44:49 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 location: https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/comments/feed/ x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:44:49 GMT etag: "7d1bd0dba68a299fda17c1857e1d6a1d" x-redirect-by: WordPress x-ac: 2.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=321.0 HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:44:49 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com link: ; rel="https://api.w.org/" vary: accept, content-type, cookie last-modified: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 04:44:49 GMT etag: W/"7d1bd0dba68a299fda17c1857e1d6a1d" content-encoding: gzip x-ac: 2.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=323.0 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com Bringing glory to Earth's small and neglected creatures. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:38:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/sticktoitiveness/#comment-22467 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:38:46 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11225#comment-22467 So glad you did not delete the e-mails! What a wonderful story of a journey of discovery. I always love reading your posts.

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/sticktoitiveness/#comment-22466 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 03:17:26 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11225#comment-22466 This was so interesting to read. The route to more information resembles the squiggly path of a leafminer. The observations and questions brought forth as the journey proceeds are every bit of exciting as the question that initiated the journey. The twisting path of inquiry spawns future adventures for the mind. Thanks for posting this.

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/hackberry-midge-galls/#comment-22463 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:15:43 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=374#comment-22463 […] week, and I’ve been taking every opportunity to examine hackberry leaves.  I finally found some galls yesterday, which I believe are C. spiniformis, and I will send them to you before I head home.  Some of […]

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/hickory-midge-galls/#comment-22462 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 15:15:39 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=1316#comment-22462 […] Library. It features the complex galls of Caryomyia species (Cecidomyiidae), which I wrote about here, and when I perused it I again missed the answer to the hickory circle riddle; it had never […]

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/life-under-a-lettuce-leaf/#comment-22461 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:17:01 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11202#comment-22461 In reply to fortunatelydeep16387de6a5.

There’s always next year!

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/life-under-a-lettuce-leaf/#comment-22460 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 23:58:12 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11202#comment-22460 But no Marmara mines…..

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/life-under-a-lettuce-leaf/#comment-22459 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:59:45 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11202#comment-22459 Great story, nice photos of one of my favorite spiders!

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/life-under-a-lettuce-leaf/#comment-22458 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 17:02:44 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11202#comment-22458 Absolutely delightful post, thank you!

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/life-under-a-lettuce-leaf/#comment-22457 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:19:11 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=11202#comment-22457 Good story. Thanks for sharing.

]]> https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/cribellate-spiders-and-some-more-thoughts-on-that-mysterious-thing-from-peru/#comment-22456 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:30:21 +0000 https://bugtracks.wordpress.com/?p=2153#comment-22456 […] despite the lack of any sticky droplets—the silk is just microscopically frizzy (as discussed here), which, it turns out, is how all spiders did things back in the […]

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