Gall Week 2022!

It's already August, and we should pick a date for Gall Week 2022! Here in California, it's already fall gall season, and many galls would last till October. Last year people commented that the early October date was already too late for their state. So when should we do it this year? Please suggest dates in the comments, and let's choose something quickly!
Would late August or early September work? We can do a "long week" again, including the two weekends.
I tagged people who expressed interest last year, or were tagged last year. Please feel free to invite more people into the discussion.

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הועלה ב-אוגוסט 3, 2022 10:05 אחה"צ על ידי merav merav

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Anytime for me. Thank you @merav !

פורסם על-ידי robinellison לפני כמעט 2 שנים

You ask such galling questions! Anytime will work...

פורסם על-ידי gyrrlfalcon לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I am good with any time too.

פורסם על-ידי beartracker לפני כמעט 2 שנים

first 2 weeks of September ish?

פורסם על-ידי leslie_flint לפני כמעט 2 שנים

September is the peak of Cynipini observations out of the whole year and would probably be the best balance of tolerable weather (here in Texas it's still likely to be highs near 100 through the end of August) and gall persistence. September is also probably a good time for people to start collecting galls for rearing over the winter; August might be too early in many cases.

As I've been thinking a ton about cynipini phenology and life cycles this year, I want to reiterate that in terms of bang for buck of high observation rate within a narrow window of time, spring is when we would want to focus. Something to think about for next year. A huge proportion of our missing life stages are cyptic, ephemeral galls in the spring and it would be incredible to have a focused effort to get people searching for them during that period.

I am hoping to have a phenology toolset in place on Gallformers by then (showing gall presence/emergence date ranges by latitude, search filter by presence/emergence during a given period, etc),. It's possible we may have a draft version of some of these features up in time for a fall event this year, as a beta test, but I'm not sure I should promise that.

פורסם על-ידי megachile לפני כמעט 2 שנים

What a gall to action! Those times will work. Galls Y’all.

פורסם על-ידי metsa לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@megachile - I really wanted to organize a spring event this past year, but things always get so busy in springtime. Let's set a date for a spring event as soon as we are done with the fall event, maybe open the discussion for both here? In California, April or May are good for a spring event, as far as I know.

פורסם על-ידי merav לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Awesome! So excited for this, I had a great time last year. It's incredible to see just how large the gall community has grown. Would also like it to be earlier for any people living in northerly areas like Canada, October was noted as too late. September should be the best time, I agree. Cynipids will be at their peak, and there will still be some midge galls left from the previous month.

Spreading the word (forgive me for going crazy w/ the tags):
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פורסם על-ידי kemper לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Personally going to be busy until the last week of august, and September is when I see a lot of my fully matured oak galls here in Ottawa anyways, so if September is how it's leaning that works out great for me!

פורסם על-ידי nsouc לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I would think September would be good for my general area (Minnesota). We had a late cold spring and a very hot, dry summer; all bets seem off in terms of predicting fall weather, but September would seem to be reasonable.

A short while ago I had no idea galls even existed, and have been talking about them ever since! Thanks to all those who generously ID'd and encouraged interest.

פורסם על-ידי kimcwren לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Yay gall week! And I agree with the first week or two of September! To make it a “long week” with two weekends, September 3-11 should do it.

פורסם על-ידי esummerbell לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I appreciate the tag. I'll be keeping my eye on this; Will gladly participate!

פורסם על-ידי michaelvoeltz לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for the tag, this isn't a good year for me for any week, but I think you should plan this and do it yearly.

פורסם על-ידי skrentnyjeff לפני כמעט 2 שנים
פורסם על-ידי milliebasden לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for the tag. I will participate whenever you decide to do it.

פורסם על-ידי lappelbaum לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Gall aboard! Let's do it

פורסם על-ידי whateverwatcher לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@sararuth want to join in?

פורסם על-ידי lappelbaum לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I'm in the bay area too, so any time now through October works! September is great!

פורסם על-ידי chyroptera לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I will be back to Europe by then :(
But I can still participate from the old continent.

פורסם על-ידי antoine_guiguet_ לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Sounds like fun!

פורסם על-ידי base736 לפני כמעט 2 שנים

If you're interested @graysquirrel :)

פורסם על-ידי robinellison לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for the tag, @robinellison ! I'm definitely interested :) I didn't hear about last year's in time to participate, but it sounded fun.

@merav @megachile It'd be cool to do a spring and a fall version of this, to capture the most diversity - maybe next year?

פורסם על-ידי graysquirrel לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for tagging me :)

פורסם על-ידי utchee לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I'll still be in the Old World but definitely count me in. Late August into early September would be great, but really, anytime is great. :-)

פורסם על-ידי andreacala לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Sounds awesome, I'll be in Germany but can still definitely participate from over here.. thanks for tagging me @kemper :)

פורסם על-ידי alexis_orion לפני כמעט 2 שנים

As a rule, these times for northern Hemisphere events are totally wrong for the southern half of the world.

But I have no idea of gall growth and abundance in the various summer, all year and winter rainfall regions of the top half of the planet, so will need to consult. On the other hand I suspect many of our galls are more persistent, although for rearing purposes this may not be helpful.

פורסם על-ידי tonyrebelo לפני כמעט 2 שנים

September would be good fore me.

@susan_marley

פורסם על-ידי steve_mcwilliam לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for a tag @kemper and @merav ! I totally agree with @megachile and September could be also the best option here in Portugal. Moreover it is a great idea consider to organize the next edition during the next spring/early summer.

פורסם על-ידי alejandro_lopez_n... לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thank you for the tag! Late August/September sounds good I think?

פורסם על-ידי flowntheloop לפני כמעט 2 שנים
פורסם על-ידי mobbini לפני כמעט 2 שנים

September would be good from a European perspective too. With the hot dry summer quite a few plants will have dried up & I anticipate some trees will drop leaves earlier. Late August is probably a little too early though.

פורסם על-ידי sk53 לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thank you for the invite! I still don't know too much about galls but I got more interested due to the amount I get from several ID'ers who know who they are (a big thank you!). Sept would be fine for me and a Spring go at it would be neat.
BTW, got some really cool galls this morning on Staghorn Sumac! So big I could see them from the street on my mountain bike! :)

פורסם על-ידי ken-potter לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thank you for the invite. will be in Europe at the time. Have never participated in such events before, will try post some stuff from my private account.

פורסם על-ידי globalgalls לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@ken-potter I'm in the same boat as you - I don't know too much about them, but I've gotten much more into them due to the interest and enthusiasm of the gall community on here. Turns out being told you've photographed something rare and cool is kind of addictive ;)

פורסם על-ידי graysquirrel לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@graysquirrel I'm totally with you there! Kudos to the gall folks!

פורסם על-ידי whateverwatcher לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@ken-potter I feel the same way

פורסם על-ידי lappelbaum לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Gall out!

פורסם על-ידי anudibranchmom לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Sounds fun! Thanks for the invite. Really looking forward to participating! @jstippick

פורסם על-ידי jmole לפני כמעט 2 שנים
פורסם על-ידי awenninger לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@dlevitis FYI in case you want to participate!

פורסם על-ידי graysquirrel לפני כמעט 2 שנים

SoCal has relatively few observations in September--definitely needs some beefing up. Gall out the troops!

פורסם על-ידי cynestor לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I'd love to participate this year as well :) I'll be in Europe for parts of september so it'll be interesting if it overlapped with that trip. Will be on the lookout for galls regardless!

פורסם על-ידי ekmes לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@graysquirrel Look what I found a few days ago, yippee!! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129069597

פורסם על-ידי robinellison לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Ooh, I'm in! Thanks for tagging me. I can do anytime!

פורסם על-ידי ocean_beach_goth לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I can do anytime.

פורסם על-ידי hugovanvliet לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Another vote for early-ish September - should be early enough for leaves and some decent weather to still be around here in the PNW. (And perhaps plan another week for spring 2023 for early galls + the southern hemisphere?)

פורסם על-ידי giantcicada לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for tagging me! I'll definitely participate from Aotearoa/New Zealand when this happens. Another vote for Septemberish for me, we should have some nice galls coming out then.

פורסם על-ידי joedillon לפני כמעט 2 שנים
פורסם על-ידי alejandro_lopez_n... לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I think we have a consensus about early September! Let's do it from Saturday 9/3 to Sunday 9/11. Here in the US it will include the long weekend, so that people that are traveling might get to some unusual places to document, and can use the 2nd weekend to organize public events.
Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions. I'm glad to see so many people are excited about Gall Week! I'll create a new project page and post the link here. Feel free to join the project and invite everyone you know to join :)
And let's start working on a t-shirt!

פורסם על-ידי merav לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for the tag @steve_mcwilliam, I'll do my best to record dependent on my location at the time. :)

פורסם על-ידי mandapanda לפני כמעט 2 שנים

a t-shirt would be cool

פורסם על-ידי beartracker לפני כמעט 2 שנים

ok, we've got a new project page - please join it, tag everyone, and count the days till 9/3!
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/gall-week-2022

פורסם על-ידי merav לפני כמעט 2 שנים

@merav Maybe make a project journal post again so everyone can be tagged under it?

פורסם על-ידי kemper לפני כמעט 2 שנים

The last T-shirt had CA galls on it right? we could pick the NE or SW or Midwest galls--like goldenrod galls or different oak galls or something

פורסם על-ידי chyroptera לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Good idea, @kemper. Do you think I should tag everyone (there are so many people!) or just hope that all the people that joined the 2021 project will notice the post on their thread?

פורסם על-ידי merav לפני כמעט 2 שנים

I'd say tag everyone personally just in case? Especially since not many have joined so far. Not everyone tagged will join in any case

פורסם על-ידי kemper לפני כמעט 2 שנים

ok, thanks! In that case I'll do it in the new project.

פורסם על-ידי merav לפני כמעט 2 שנים
פורסם על-ידי croxvols לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Thanks for the tag, I just joined the project!

פורסם על-ידי kidneymoth לפני כמעט 2 שנים

Gall gang!

פורסם על-ידי blazeclaw לפני כמעט 2 שנים

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