William M. Ciesla's Images
Title: OwnerOrganization: Forest Health Management International
Unit: Fort Collins, CO.
Country: United States
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Bill Ciesla is a forest health specialist and owner of Forest Health Management International, a consulting company based in Fort Collins, CO. Bill received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in forestry and forest entomology from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. He has held assignments with USDA Forest Service as a forest entomologist and forest health program manager in Asheville, NC, Pineville, LA, Missoula, MT, Davis, CA, Fort Collins, CO and Portland, OR. From 1990 to 1995, he served as Forest Protection Officer for the Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, Italy. His areas of interest include biology and management of forest insects and diseases and the use of remote sensing for forest damage assessment Bill is an avid photographer, specializing in close ups of insects and wildflowers and of forest damage. |
| 22 Images of 13 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5135090 | long-horned beetle | Adesmus hemispilus | When the adults of this species are killed and preserved in collections, they loose their yellow color and turn dull gray. |
| 5346029 | mountain pine beetle | Dendroctonus ponderosae | Aerial view of tree mortality, Tennessee Mtn, Boulder Co, CO, August 2007 |
| 5347007 | soldier beetles | Chauliognathus spp. | Adult beetle on rabbit brush, Larimer Co, CO, September 2007 |
| 5347020 | police car moth | Gnophaela vermiculata | Larva on foliage of Abies lasiocarpa, Wasatch NF, UT |
| 5347021 | police car moth | Gnophaela vermiculata | Larva on foliage of bluebell, Wasatch NF, Utah, June 2007 |
| 5176003 | metalic wood-boring beetle | Epistomentis pictus | Adult on bark of host tree |
| 5136045 | Rocky Mountain fringed gentian | Gentianopsis thermalis | Roosevelt NF, CO |
| 5136078 | upright prairie coneflower | Ratibida columnifera | Flowers, near Colorado Springs, CO |
| 5136094 | western tent caterpillar | Malacosoma californicum | Egg mass, Taos NM |
| 2167077 | zerene fritillary | Speyeria zerene | Adult on white thistle |
| 2167066 | zerene fritillary | Speyeria zerene | Adults on white thistle |
| 2167044 | western tent caterpillar | Malacosoma californicum | |
| 2167045 | western tent caterpillar | Malacosoma californicum | Tent and defoliation |
| 2167065 | zerene fritillary | Speyeria zerene | Adults on white thistle |
| 2167020 | large red velvet mite | Allothrombium mitchelli | Adult on bark of Fraser fir |
| 2167021 | large red velvet mite | Allothrombium mitchelli | Adult on bark of Fraser fir |
| 2167022 | large red velvet mite | Allothrombium mitchelli | Adult on bark of Fraser fir |
| 2156023 | wild geranium | Geranium maculatum | |
| 2134046 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Isla de Mujeres, Quintana Roo State, Mexico |
| 2134047 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | |
| 2134048 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | |
| 2134049 | peleides blue morpho | Morpho helenor peleides | Quintana Roo State, Mexico |
