[SOS-PCA] Mysterious substance in Penstemon harringtonii

[Haidet, Margaret]

Please contact Bob if you have any ideas . . .

Hello all,

I received a collection of seed of *Penstemon haringtonii* from Garfield
County CO last week.  There were ebony bugs, *Corimelaena* sp., present
with possible feeding damage on some seed.  What is confusing is the
presence of small (2 mm) netlike "bags" with a seed-like "things" (sorry,
that is the best terminology I have come up with) in them.  I first though
they looked like fly pupae, but when I tried crushing them they were solid,
hard and most definitely not insect pupae.  There were hundreds of them
mixed in with the seed from two or three panicles.

There are two pictures attached.

I am at a complete loss as to what they are or what to call them.  Does
anyone have nay idea what they are?

Thanks much,

Bob





Bob Hammon

Area Extension Agent (Entomology/Agronomy)

Tri River Area Extension

Grand Junction CO

http://wci.colostate.edu




Megan Haidet
Seeds of Success
National Collection Curator
Seeds of Success
202-912-7233

www.blm.gov/sos
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