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Anitys is a genus of beetle of the family Anobiidae. A single species -
Anitys rubens - occurs in Britain, but is very rare. They live in red-rotten wood in hollow deciduous trees, chiefly oaks.
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Coeliodes is a genus of tiny Snout Beetles (Curculionidae) that live on various deciduous trees, chiefly young oaks.
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Exocentrus is a genus of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) found on the dry branches of deciduous trees, the larvae developing in the dry branches of deciduous trees, chiefly oaks.
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Gall-fly is a name for several hymenopterous insects of the family Cynipidae, which form galls, each species preferring a different plant. The gall is due to an irritating fluid which the insect deposits on the plant along with its egg. The large galls at the base of oak leaves are produced by the Cynips quercus baccarum, a fly of a brown colour, with blade antenna, chestnut-brown legs, and white wings. The small galls on the under surface of oak leaves are due to another species, Cynips quercus folii, those on the stems of oaks to Cynips terminalis.
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The Knopper Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalicis) is a hymenopterous insect of the family Cynipidae widespread in southern, western and central Europe and Asia Minor and since first being recorded in Britain in 1959 is now widespread and common in Britain. The Knopper Gall Wasp Produces two types of gall, one type are produced on acorns and are green and sticky later becoming brown and hard, and irregular in shape. The second generation of galls are produced in the axis of the male catkins of Turkey Oaks.
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The Nut Weevil (Curculio nucum) is a species of Snout Beetle (Curculionidae) that live chiefly on hazel and oaks, the larvae eating the young hazel nuts in which the female lays her eggs before boring their way out of the shell to drop to the floor and pupate in the ground.
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The Oak Leaf Roller (Attelabus nitrens) is a species of Snout Beetle (Curculionidae) so named from its habit of making leafy containers for its brood. Despite its name, the Oak Leaf Roller also lives on other trees as well as oaks.
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Satyr's beard (Hydnum erinaceum) is an edible fungus occasionally found in the clefts of old oaks. It has tan-coloured prickles measuring roughly ten centimetres in length.
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Cuvier Grover was an American soldier. He was born in 1829 and died in 1885. A lieutenant-colonel at Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, he commanded a division in the Shenandoah campaign and was brevetted major-general for services at Fishery Hill in 1864.
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Edwin V Sumner was an American general. He was born in 1797 and died in 1863. He led the cavalry charge at Cerro Gordo in 1847, commanded the reserves at Contreras and Churubusco and led the cavalry at Molino del Rey. He was Governor of New Mexico from 1851 to 1853. He succeeded General Johnston in command of the Pacific Department from 1861 to 1862. He commanded the left wing at the siege of Yorktown, led a corps at Fair Oaks, was twice wounded during the Seven Days' battles, and commanded a corps at Antietam. He led a division at Fredericksburg and retired in 1863.
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