Sunday, October 5, 2014

My Cherry Trees Name is....

So for the past couple days, I've been focusing on the leaves of my cherry tree. Each day I kept finding leaves that had various holes of different sizes. Therefore I did research on what insects could be eating the leaves. As I was researching, the name Schubert Chokecherry popped up. This is the name of my tree to my surprise. Now that I knew what type of cherry tree I have, I found out the insects that could be eating the leaves.

Based on the website  http://www.prairie-elements.ca/chokecherry.html  there is a variety of insects that could be eating the leaves :beetles, sucking insects, moth caterpillars, and sawflies.
When I first notice the holes on the leaves, I did think about caterpillars. It reminded me of elementary school, when the class had a set of caterpillars growing into butterflies. The thing is I haven't seen any caterpillars or insects on the tree. There is a couple of small spider webs but no spiders either.

This could be because it is fall but the weather is still nice so I'm assuming there are a couple of insects left. Sadly each day that I observe my tree there is no sign of insects.

I wonder if the insects like to eat the cherries during the summer ,too ? Could these cherries be edible to these insects? Are they edible to humans ?

Here is a picture of one of the many leaves with holes:
" Some of the leaves are ripped, then others have small holes on them. I think of caterpillars eating green leaves during the summer. " Field notes 9/30

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4 comments:

  1. lfariasOctober 6, 2014 at 3:56 PM

    I love the serrated edges of the leaves. When I was a child, my mom made chokecherry jam. I don't know if it was from the same kind of tree, but I know it was good stuff. Great blog.

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  2. UnknownOctober 9, 2014 at 9:47 PM

    thats interesting c:
    I never really paid attention to small details like that & Thats Really cool to learn new things about it

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  3. UnknownOctober 9, 2014 at 9:57 PM

    I thought of elementary school when I saw the picture of your leaf too! I wonder why they make a certain amount of holes instead of eating the whole thing?

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  4. AdelinaNOctober 11, 2014 at 3:42 PM

    I really like how you made the connection of the caterpillars reminding you of elementary school becuase I remember those little things as if I had been in contact with them recently. The reason I remeber them so much is because they terrified me on another level. I was aware of them becoming butterflies and I thought butterflies were absolutely lovely at a point that was until I saw an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants where they zoomed into a butterfly and I was very intimidated by it.

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