| 5495380 |
omnivorous leafroller |
Platynota stultana |
Larva, anterior, head at right. |
| 5495377 |
obliquebanded leafroller |
Choristoneura rosaceana |
Larva, head at right. |
| 5495357 |
Mexican leafroller |
Amorbia emigratella |
Late instar larva. Anterior including head. |
| 5495361 |
light brown apple moth |
Epiphyas postvittana |
Late instar larva. Anterior showing head. |
| 5495354 |
fruittree leafroller |
Archips argyrospila |
Larval head. |
| 5494028 |
banana root borer |
Cosmopolites sordidus |
|
| 5484016 |
butterflies, moths or skippers |
Lepidoptera (Order) N/A |
A scientist checks a moth trap that was set in this pine tree. |
| 5488376 |
black swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes |
|
| 5482940 |
common whitetail |
Libellula lydia |
A female common whitetail dragonfly (Libellula lydia), rests on a twig. |
| 5482917 |
pipevine swallowtail |
Battus philenor |
|
| 5482929 |
clouded sulfur |
Colias philodice |
|
| 5455026 |
metallic wood-boring beetle |
Gyascutus fulgidus |
Gyascutus fulgidus head lateral detail |
| 5445954 |
ensign wasp |
Evania appendigaster |
Cockroach Egg Parasitoid Wasp on a lemon tree lief. |
| 5474205 |
Mydas fly |
Mydas clavatus |
Mydas clavatus |
| 5474206 |
black carpenter ant |
Camponotus pennsylvanicus |
Camponotus pennsylvanicus, winged queen. |
| 5473222 |
Ichneumonid parasitoid wasps |
Exenterus canadensis |
Exenterus canadensis |
| 1479011 |
Noctuid moth |
Acronicta lanceolaria |
Caterpillar photo |
| 1479010 |
Noctuid moth |
Acronicta lanceolaria |
caterpillar |
| 5468289 |
red admiral |
Vanessa atalanta |
Adult nectaring on a purple coneflower |
| 5460004 |
eastern lubber grasshopper |
Romalea microptera |
Dark Phase, Mating Pair |
| 5460005 |
eastern lubber grasshopper |
Romalea microptera |
Dark Phase, Single Adult |
| 1599433 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
corn earworm feeding on peanut leaf. |
| 1599435 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
corn earworm feeding on a peanut leaf. |
| 1599575 |
tobacco hornworm |
Manduca sexta |
Tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, on tobacco leaf rib; also shows leaf damage cause by this caterpillar. |
| 1599705 |
European corn borer |
Ostrinia nubilalis |
European corn borer, Ostirinia nubilallis, tunneling in a cotton plant stem. |
| 1599774 |
beet armyworm |
Spodoptera exigua |
Beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, on a cotton leaf |
| 1599858 |
velvetbean caterpillar |
Anticarsia gemmatalis |
Velvet bean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis, on the stem of a soybean plant |
| 1599859 |
velvetbean caterpillar |
Anticarsia gemmatalis |
Velvet bean caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatallis, on the stem of a soybean plant. |
| 5461108 |
bumble bee |
Bombus perplexus |
Bombus perplexus, male |
| 5459351 |
paper wasp |
Polistes fuscatus |
|
| 1599438 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
|
| 1599432 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
|
| 1599571 |
tobacco hornworm |
Manduca sexta |
|
| 1472009 |
green horse fly |
Chlorotabanus crepuscularis |
Male lateral view, collected 22 May 1992 near Statesboro, Bulloch Co., GA; published 1994 Journal of Entomological Science 29(4): cover |
| 1472014 |
Tabanid flies |
Dasybasis spp. |
Female lateral view, collected 19 February 1999, in Goonoo State Forest, near Mendooran, New South Wales, Australia |
| 1599568 |
tobacco hornworm |
Manduca sexta |
Tobacco hornworm on damaged tobacco leaf. |
| 1599570 |
tobacco hornworm |
Manduca sexta |
Tobacco hornworm and feeding damaged tobacco leaf. |
| 5455087 |
Mediterranean pine engraver beetle |
Orthotomicus erosus |
Orthotomicus erosus male lateral |
| 1599424 |
granulate cutworm |
Agrotis subterranea |
|
| 1599506 |
tobacco budworm |
Heliothis virescens |
|
| 1599525 |
tobacco budworm |
Heliothis virescens |
Showing 3rd and 4th instar larva |
| 1599413 |
beet armyworm |
Spodoptera exigua |
|
| 1599434 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
|
| 5449383 |
Braconid wasp |
Atanycolus cappaerti |
This photo shows Atanycolus cappaerti (Braconidae), a solitary ectoparastioid, attacking an emerald ash borer larvae in an ash tree. |
| 5445958 |
weevil |
Lixus angustus |
|
| 5449369 |
cottonseed bug |
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis |
|
| 5449382 |
emerald ash borer |
Agrilus planipennis |
Mature fourth-instar larvae or "J-larvae" of emerald ash borer (EAB) in pupation cells in the outer sapwood of an ash tree. For EAB with a one-year life cycle, J-larvae are found in fall, winter, and early in the outer sapwood or outer bark. |
| 1599502 |
tobacco budworm |
Heliothis virescens |
|
| 1599526 |
tobacco budworm |
Heliothis virescens |
|
| 1599529 |
tobacco budworm |
Heliothis virescens |
|
| 1599154 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
|
| 1599161 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Lesser cornstalk borer lying on peanut stem that has been split open with feeding tube still attached to stem |
| 5445070 |
giant resin bee |
Megachile sculpturalis |
Giant Resin Bee. Megachile sculpturalis. |
| 5445120 |
weevil |
Lixus angustus |
|
| 5443236 |
alfalfa looper |
Autographa californica |
|
| 5443225 |
alfalfa looper |
Autographa californica |
|
| 5444911 |
robber flies |
Efferia spp. |
Young robber fly, male Efferia species, with prey. |
| 5440439 |
wasp |
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus |
|
| 5443120 |
old world swallowtail |
Papilio machaon |
|
| 5443116 |
great capricorn beetle |
Cerambyx cerdo |
|
| 5443118 |
great capricorn beetle |
Cerambyx cerdo |
Host:Oak |
| 5443399 |
primrose moth |
Schinia florida |
Schinia florida. Gorgeous little moth. |
| 5443396 |
flatid planthopper |
Flatormenis chloris |
Anormenis chloris |
| 5443398 |
robber flies |
Efferia spp. |
Female Efferia depositing her eggs. |
| 5443314 |
grasshopper |
Tropidopola spp. |
Lateral view |
| 1472012 |
Tabanid fly |
Scaptia testacea |
Female lateral view, collected 24 February 1999 near Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia |
| 5440437 |
bee fly |
Geron spp. |
|
| 5440190 |
grasshopper |
Pyrgomorpha conica |
|
| 5439885 |
grasshopper |
Pyrgomorpha conica |
|
| 5439886 |
Egyptian grasshopper |
Anacridium aegyptium |
The Largest Grasshopper in Israel, this one was 10 c"m long, but they can reach up to 12 c"m! (It was taken after dark, That is why the Exposure is 20 seconds) |
| 5439785 |
tussock moth |
Orgyia dubia |
|
| 4723062 |
leaf-footed bug |
|
lateral view |
| 5438946 |
mantid fly |
Leptomantispa pulchella |
|
| 5438947 |
Syrphid fly |
Rhingia nastica |
|
| 1453037 |
horse fly |
Tabanus fumipennis |
lateral view of female, collected in Paynes Prairie near Gainesville, Florida on 17 May 1991 |
| 1472018 |
Tabanid fly |
Stonemyia tranquilla |
Female lateral view, collected 28 August 1992 in Highlands, Macon County, NC |
| 1453036 |
horse fly |
Tabanus fumipennis |
lateral view of female, collected in Paynes Prairie near Gainesville, Florida on 17 May 1991 |
| 1472020 |
Tabanid fly |
Stonemyia tranquilla |
Male lateral view, collected 29 August 1992 in Highlands, Macon County, NC |
| 2126063 |
green June beetle |
Cotinis nitida |
Lateral view |
| 1472053 |
hanging thieves robber flies |
Diogmites spp. |
adult on Solidago spp., 9 October 1976 |
| 1472058 |
black swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes |
both instars collected 12 August 1976 on Oxypalis filiformis (water dropwort); larger larva pupated 22 August, emerged 3 September 1976 |
| 1472064 |
cotton square borer |
Strymon melinus |
adult also known as Gray hairstreak on Solidago spp. (goldenrod) |
| 5434425 |
flea beetles |
Phyllotreta spp. |
|
| 2103058 |
large larch bark beetle |
Ips cembrae |
Lateral view, Nazarje, Slovenia, July 2005. |
| 5435566 |
northern corn rootworm |
Diabrotica barberi |
|
| 1472011 |
Tabanid fly |
Scaptia lasiophthalma |
Female lateral view, collected 24 February 1999 near Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia |
| 5434955 |
Syrphid fly |
Orthonevra spp. |
Eye patterning is distinctive to this species of Syrphid. |
| 5432631 |
yellow dung fly |
Scathophaga stercoraria |
Golden dung fly. |
| 5434869 |
potterwasp |
Eumenes fraternus |
on Queen Annes' Lace. |
| 5434714 |
horse fly |
Goniops chrysocoma |
|
| 5434715 |
baldfaced hornet |
Dolichovespula maculata |
|
| 5434689 |
greater bee fly |
Bombylius major |
Bee fly, (Bombylius major), sipping water from lichen |
| 5434692 |
issid planthopper |
Acanalonia bivittata |
|
| 5432150 |
Crambid moths |
|
One of our common snout moths. |
| 5432153 |
yellow-collared scape moth |
Cisseps fulvicollis |
The Yellow Collard Scape Moth. Similar looking species include, Virginia ctenucha and the Grapeleaf Seletonizer. |
| 5430626 |
cuckcoo bee |
Coelioxys modesta |
These insects are cleptoparasitic in the nests of Megachile. The lack of "teeth" at the end of the abdomen indicates this is a female. |
| 5430150 |
ambush bugs |
Phymata spp. |
Female ambush bug with Cerceris species wasp as prey. |
| 5422734 |
psyche butterfly |
Leptosia nina |
|
| 5430049 |
flower long-horned beetle |
Metacmaeops vittata |
One of our colorful flower longhorns. |
| 5430149 |
bee fly |
Systropus macer |
Bee flies mating. |
| 5429962 |
robber fly |
Ceraturgus spp. |
|
| 5178038 |
sister butterflies |
Adelpha spp. |
|
| 5424253 |
larch sawfly |
Pristiphora erichsonii |
single larva |
| 5395662 |
metalic wood-boring beetle |
Agrilus carpini |
|
| 5395661 |
metalic wood-boring beetle |
Agrilus carpini |
|
| 1548131 |
Carolina satyr |
Hermeuptychia sosybius |
photo 2 October 1976 |
| 1548159 |
great purple hairstreak |
Atlides halesus |
adult male on Solidago, 3 October 1976 |
| 5359311 |
zebra caterpillar |
Melanchra picta |
Zebra caterpillar (Melanchra picta) on seed pods of canola. |
| 5382188 |
two-tailed tiger swallowtail |
Papilio multicaudata |
Last instar larva late in season (September 20, 2007), side view.
|
| 5382122 |
painted lady butterfly |
Vanessa cardui |
Chrysalis, side view
|
| 5361213 |
armyworms |
Spodoptera spp. |
Original description: "Armyworms on leaf midrib." |
| 5360725 |
metalic wood-boring beetles |
Buprestis (Cypriacis) spp. |
Metallic wood-boring beetle, Cypriacis sp., in the family Buprestidae. |
| 5360483 |
spotted cutworm |
Xestia dolosa |
Larva of the spotted cutworm (Xestia dolosa). |
| 5360724 |
spotted pine sawyer |
Monochamus clamator |
Adult spotted pine sawyer (Monochamus clamator). |
| 5360723 |
long-horned beetles |
|
Huge larva of a round-headed borer species - either the ponderous borer (Ergates spiculatus) or California prionus (Prionus californicus). |
| 5360733 |
velvet ants |
Dasymutilla spp. |
Velvet ant (Dasymutilla sp.). |
| 5364292 |
velvet ants |
Dasymutilla spp. |
An adult velvet ant (Dasymutilla sp.) on a flower. |
| 5364327 |
grasshoppers |
|
A groupl of grasshoppers resting on vegetation. |
| 5364326 |
migratory grasshopper |
Melanoplus sanguinipes |
Adult migratory grasshopper (Melanoplus sanguinipes). |
| 5364325 |
Carolina grasshopper |
Dissosteira carolina |
Adult Carolina grasshopper (Dissosteira carolina). |
| 5364324 |
plains lubber grasshopper |
Brachystola magna |
Plains lubber grasshopper (Brachystola magna) resting on a leaf. |
| 5364322 |
painted lady butterfly |
Vanessa cardui |
Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) at rest on a flower. |
| 5364304 |
bluet damselflies |
Enallagma spp. |
Adult bluet damselfly (Enallagma sp.). |
| 5364297 |
European mantid |
Mantis religiosa |
Adult European mantid (Mantis religiosa). |
| 5364274 |
long-legged fly |
|
Adult long-legged fly (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), which preys on other small insects. |
| 5364259 |
common antlions |
Brachynemurus spp. |
Adult antlion (Brachynemurus sp.). |
| 5364250 |
lady beetle |
|
Teneral lady beetle, emerging from its pupa. |
| 5364248 |
lady beetle |
|
Lady beetle pupa. |
| 5360741 |
codling moth |
Cydia pomonella |
Adult codling moth (Cydia pomonella). |
| 5360736 |
Jerusalem cricket |
Stenopelmatus spp. |
Side view of a Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus sp.). |
| 5360731 |
mantids |
|
Anterior view of a praying mantid, standing upright. |
| 5360726 |
tenlined June beetle |
Polyphylla decemlineata |
Adult tenlined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata). |
| 5360721 |
cecropia moth |
Hyalophora cecropia |
Caterpillar of the cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia). |
| 5360699 |
sphinx or hawk moths |
|
Sphinx moth caterpillar. |
| 5357422 |
lady beetle |
|
Pepper plant being visited by a lady beetle. |
| 5364303 |
bluet damselflies |
Enallagma spp. |
A pair of bluet damselfies (Enallagma sp.) in mating position; the female is laying eggs on the stem of the plant. |
| 5364301 |
bluet damselflies |
Enallagma spp. |
Bluet damselfies (Enallagma sp.) in mating position. |
| 5364294 |
mantids |
|
Adult mantid with its legs and wings spread, displaying eye spot markings on its wings. |
| 5364293 |
Sphecid wasp |
Astata occidentalis |
Adult sphecid wasp (Astata occidentalis) with its stink bug prey. |
| 5364289 |
spider wasp |
Agenioideus humilis |
Adult spider wasp (Agnioideus humilis) with its prey. |
| 5364288 |
Sphecid wasp |
Bembix pruinosa |
Adult sphecid wasp (Podalonia valida) with its prey, a saltmarsh caterpillar (Estigmene acrea). |
| 5364287 |
Sphecid wasps |
Podalonia spp. |
Adult Podalonia sp. wasp at the entrance to its nest. |
| 5364283 |
Sphecid wasps |
Podalonia spp. |
Sphecid wasp (Podalonia sp.) with its prey, a cutworm.
|
| 5364282 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
Adult sphecid wasp (Prionyx sp.) with its grasshopper prey. |
| 5364281 |
Sphecid wasps |
Prionyx spp. |
Eggs of a sphecid wasp (Prionyx sp.) on its grasshopper host. |
| 5364279 |
Sphecid wasp |
Ammophila spp. |
Sphecid wasp (Ammophila sp.) stinging its prey, a notodontid moth caterpillar. |
| 5364276 |
hanging thieves robber flies |
Diogmites spp. |
Adult robber fly (Diogmites grossa) with its prey, a fly. |
| 5364275 |
robber fly |
Laphria fernaldi |
An adult robber fly (Laphria fernaldi). |
| 5364264 |
snakeflies |
Raphidia spp. |
An adult female snakefly (Raphidia sp.). |
| 5364147 |
grasshoppers |
|
Grasshopper nymph, killed by a fungus, clinging to grass. |
| 5358607 |
knapweed root weevil |
Cyphocleonus achates |
Adult root-boring weevil (Cyphocleonus achates), an introduced biological control agent of knapweeds (Centaurea spp.) in North America. |
| 5358611 |
UV knapweed seedhead fly |
Urophora quadrifasciata |
Female seedhead gall fly (Urophora quadrifasciata), a biological control agent of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa), on a knapweed flower bud. |
| 5358621 |
bull thistle gall fly |
Urophora stylata |
Adult seedhead gall fly (Urophora stylata), a biological control agent of bull thistle (Cirsium vulgare). |
| 5360698 |
Mexican bean beetle |
Epilachna varivestis |
Larva of the Mexican bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis). |
| 1474020 |
horse fly |
Hematabanus carolinensis |
female lateral view collected 19 May 1993, Noxubee Wildlife Refuge, Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi. |
| 1474026 |
horse fly |
Hybomitra difficilis |
female, lateral view, collected 25 May 1999, Valley Crucic, Watauga Co., North Carolina USA |
| 1561036 |
karner blue |
Plebejus melissa |
after mating; photo taken 13 July 1993 |
| 5212006 |
seed chalcid |
Megastigmus spp. |
|
| 5343093 |
fiery skipper |
Hylephila phyleus |
|
| 5343077 |
Autumn meadowhawk |
Sympetrum vicinum |
|
| 5343075 |
dog-day cicada |
Tibicen canicularis |
|
| 5343069 |
issid planthopper |
Acanalonia bivittata |
|
| 5343064 |
Japanese beetle |
Popillia japonica |
|
| 5343063 |
multicolored Asian lady beetle |
Harmonia axyridis |
preying on aphids |
| 5343061 |
emerald ash borer |
Agrilus planipennis |
|
| 5343060 |
peck's skipper |
Polites peckius |
|
| 5343048 |
ants |
Formica spp. |
tending milkweed aphids |
| 5343029 |
red-tailed bumble bee |
Bombus ternarius |
|
| 5343030 |
red-tailed bumble bee |
Bombus ternarius |
|
| 5343026 |
yellow-collared scape moth |
Cisseps fulvicollis |
|
| 5343024 |
flatid planthoppers |
Ormenoides venusta |
|
| 5343022 |
hummingbird clearwing |
Hemaris thysbe |
|
| 5343021 |
hummingbird clearwing |
Hemaris thysbe |
|
| 5343020 |
citrus swallowtail |
Papilio demodocus |
|
| 5343018 |
peleides blue morpho |
Morpho helenor peleides |
|
| 5343017 |
Malachite butterfly |
Siproeta stelenes |
|
| 5255024 |
honey bee |
Apis mellifera |
|
| 5351009 |
brown lacewings |
Micromus spp. |
|
| 5351003 |
cabbage white |
Pieris rapae |
|
| 5304010 |
tomato hornworm |
Manduca quinquemaculata |
Late instar larva, side view |
| 5304060 |
antlions |
Myrmeleon spp. |
Adult side view |
| 5302059 |
red admiral |
Vanessa atalanta |
|
| 5168088 |
leafhopper |
Planicephalus flavicosta |
Pactolus, KY 14 Aug 1948 col. D. A. Young |
| 5167050 |
seed bug |
Heterogaster urticae |
recovered from Household goods from United kingdom at Savannah, GA |
| 1487012 |
deer and horse files |
|
Gressett/Malaise trap with carbondioxide and 1-3-octenol captured 2 liters of horse flies, mostly Hybomitra lasiophthalma,per hour for 8 hours on 7 May 1988. Published in S. McKeever and F.E. French, 1997. Fascinating beautiful blood feeders, American Entomologist 43: 217 |
| 1487013 |
deer and horse files |
|
Gressett/Malaise trap with carbon dioxide and 1-3-octenol captured 2 liters of horse flies, mostly Hybomitra lasiophthalma, per hour for 8 hours on 7 May 1988. Published in S. McKeever and F.E. French, 1997. Fascinating beautiful blood feeders, American Entomologist 43: 217. |
| 1469020 |
deer fly |
Chrysops flavidus |
pupa, lateral view, collected August 1989, near Statesboro, Bulloch Co., Georgia. |
