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. |
| 39 Images of 16 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0758011 | western tiger swallowtail | Papilio rutulus | Adult on iris leaf |
| 5382458 | western tiger swallowtail | Papilio rutulus | on milkweed flower |
| 5382484 | northwest fritillary | Speyeria hesperis | on Rocky Mountain bee plant |
| 5382485 | northwest fritillary | Speyeria hesperis | on Rocky Mountain bee plant |
| 0758018 | tomato hornworm | Manduca quinquemaculata | Mature larva feeding on foliage |
| 0758013 | painted lady butterfly | Vanessa cardui | Adult at rest on leaves of apple |
| 0758017 | black swallowtail | Papilio polyxenes | Mature larva feeding on parsnip foliage |
| 0758015 | white-lined sphinx | Hyles lineata | Pair of moths mating |
| 5347002 | white-lined sphinx | Hyles lineata | Adult in flight with proboscis extended, Fort Collins, CO, July 2007 |
| 5347003 | white-lined sphinx | Hyles lineata | Adult in flight with mouthparts extended, Fort Collins, CO, July 2007 |
| 5347004 | white-lined sphinx | Hyles lineata | Adult in flight, Fort Collins, CO, July 2007 |
| 5347005 | white-lined sphinx | Hyles lineata | Adult in flight, Fort Collins, CO, July 2007 |
| 5347006 | soldier beetles | Chauliognathus spp. | Adult on rabbit brush, Larimer County, CO, September 2007 |
| 5347007 | soldier beetles | Chauliognathus spp. | Adult beetle on rabbit brush, Larimer Co, CO, September 2007 |
| 5347008 | soldier beetles | Chauliognathus spp. | Adult on rabbit brush, Larimer Co, CO. |
| 5347009 | common buckeye | Junonia coenia | Adult, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, September 2007 |
| 5347010 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Adult on thistle, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, September 2007 |
| 5347011 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Adult on thisle, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, September 2007 |
| 5347012 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Adult on thistle, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, September 2007 |
| 5347013 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Mature larva on milkweed, Shenadoah NP, VA, October 2007 |
| 5347014 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Mature larva on milkweed, Shenandoah NP, VA, October 2007 |
| 5347015 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | Pupa on milkweed, Big Meadows, Shenandoah NP,VA, September 2007 |
| 5347016 | eastern tiger swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | Adult on thistle, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, October 2007 |
| 5347017 | eastern tiger swallowtail | Papilio glaucus | Adult on thistle, Blue Ridge Parkway, NC, September 2007 |
| 5347022 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | Adult, Clingman's Dome, Great Smoky Mountains NP, TN, September 2007 |
| 5347037 | painted lady butterfly | Vanessa cardui | Adult on aster, Big Meadows, Shenandoah NP, VA, October 2008 |
| 5347038 | painted lady butterfly | Vanessa cardui | Adult on aster. Larvae feed on many host plants. Big Meadows, Shenandoah NP, VA, october 2007 |
| 2167070 | swallowtail butterflies | Papilio spp. | |
| 2167077 | zerene fritillary | Speyeria zerene | Adult on white thistle |
| 2167066 | zerene fritillary | Speyeria zerene | Adults on white thistle |
| 2167065 | zerene fritillary | Speyeria zerene | Adults on white thistle |
| 2167039 | red spotted purple | Limenitis arthemis astyanax | |
| 2134047 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | |
| 2134048 | monarch butterfly | Danaus plexippus | |
| 2122036 | nessus sphinx | Amphion floridensis | Adult moth resting on foliage, Fort Collins, CO |
| 2122040 | Milbert's tortoiseshell | Aglais milberti | Larvae on nettle, Cherokee Park, CO |
| 1309004 | swallowtail butterflies | Papilio spp. | Adult at rest on iris blossom, Fort Collins, CO |
| 1309005 | swallowtail butterflies | Papilio spp. | Mature larva, Fort Collins, CO |
| 1309001 | white-lined sphinx | Hyles lineata | mating |
