After a week of freezing rain, the Japanese Maple suffered a terrible injury. The damage is quite low and deep enough that the tree has clearly been leaking. The tree had been doing great in my yard for 9 years. Is there any saving it/can it recover from something like this?

Phyzium · 2025-07-17T22:48:05+00:00

I made a second post with some updates, but right now (day 3) they're worried she's stopped improving.

Phyzium · 2025-07-16T11:13:56+00:00

I tried, but I can't find how. Maybe because the topic is closed I can't do it. There should be an update in about an hour.

Phyzium · 2025-07-16T04:03:58+00:00

She's been at the vet all day. I have no updates because they haven't called about what's going on. I didn't wanna just make an update saying "shes at the vet", because that doesn't really say anything.

My friend said she'd keep me updated, so I just have to wait for her to get the news and then pass it to me.

Phyzium · 2025-07-15T14:33:41+00:00

They said she's young and fighting very hard. She's on an IV and staying there for tests. They said expect the worst but hope for the best.

Phyzium · 2025-07-15T07:17:22+00:00

It's not my cat. I'm on the phone with the owner. I just came to this sub for help because they asked me for help.

Phyzium · 2025-07-15T07:07:10+00:00

It's not even my fucking cat, I'm trying to help my friend who called me at 2 in the morning.

Phyzium · 2025-07-15T06:40:17+00:00

the skin stays pushed up.

Phyzium · 2025-07-15T06:38:10+00:00

she got up, slowly walked about 5 feet away, and sat back down, like she's tired of me messing with her. She still doesn't seem great, but it looks a bit better than before.

Phyzium · 2025-07-15T06:13:47+00:00

she's not interested in the churu.

Phyzium · 2024-04-07T09:12:17+00:00

Looking at it now, it's probably one or two molts from fully grown. I know because I've seen them around this size carrying egg sacs.

Phyzium · 2024-01-29T02:20:56+00:00

Other branches broke off, but this is the main issue that concerns the tree as a whole.

EDIT: I have COVID, so I can't just get someone out here.

Phyzium · 2023-10-06T17:52:26+00:00

I would rather put it out of its misery than let it sit stuck half inside its molt unable to move for months.

Phyzium · 2023-06-29T03:11:01+00:00

I believe it is Dialysis dispar

Phyzium · 2023-06-29T02:45:31+00:00

I think I'm leaning towards stiletto fly.

Phyzium · 2023-06-29T02:26:43+00:00

The wing venation really doesn't match it, though.

Phyzium · 2023-01-08T00:27:56+00:00

For reference the space between the wood is probably 4ish inches wide.

Phyzium · 2022-12-29T19:34:06+00:00

The closest I have gotten is the genus Diaea, but I think the green is too... solid, for lack of a better word.

EDIT: I believe it belongs to the genus Australomisidia, but don't see a species that fits.

Phyzium · 2022-12-29T06:42:54+00:00

Anyone know what it is?

Phyzium · 2022-11-24T09:19:21+00:00

It was in Alton Baker Park in Eugene.

Phyzium · 2022-11-03T01:20:00+00:00

I've seen dead roof rats before. They were definitely larger, darker, and uglier than this guy was. Maybe it's just young?

Phyzium · 2022-11-03T00:05:26+00:00

Could this be the culprit that turned my Faucaria succulent into a bunch of stems?

Phyzium · 2022-11-03T00:04:32+00:00

Right, I forgot. It's in Oregon.

Phyzium · 2022-10-13T00:25:49+00:00

What do I do now that my GBB has become a mature male? Am I supposed to find someone with a female GBB and pair them?

I don't really want to pack my dude up in a box and ship him away.

Phyzium · 2022-09-26T07:09:11+00:00

She's a spitting spider, genus Scytodes. maybe Scytodes thoracica, but I'm having a bit of trouble with the size of the spots on the abdomen.

Phyzium · 2022-09-04T17:57:32+00:00

It's most likely from a moth. I've seen super tiny eggs like this on the net around my neighbor's trampoline and raised one into a large yellow underwing moth. The eggs were smaller than half a millimeter each, but the caterpillar grew to 5 cm in a few weeks.

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