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. |
| 19 Images of 5 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5466696 | tuliptree silkmoth | Callosamia angulifera | |
| 5466704 | greenstriped mapleworm | Dryocampa rubicunda | |
| 5466705 | greenstriped mapleworm | Dryocampa rubicunda | |
| 0017002 | spiny caterpillar | Ormiscodes cinnamomea | mature larva (Note clusters of ectoparasitoides on body) |
| 0017001 | spiny caterpillar | Ormiscodes cinnamomea | defoliation |
| 0758001 | pandora moth | Coloradia pandora | Two female adults on ponderosa pine |
| 0758002 | pandora moth | Coloradia pandora | Mature larvae feeding on ponderosa pine foliage |
| 5176054 | spiny caterpillar | Ormiscodes cinnamomea | Larvae migrating down stem to pupation site in soil |
| 5176055 | spiny caterpillar | Ormiscodes cinnamomea | Mature larvae migrating to pupation site |
| 5346099 | polyphemus moth | Antheraea polyphemus | Mature larva, Douglas Co, CO, August 2007 |
| 5346100 | polyphemus moth | Antheraea polyphemus | Mature larva, Douglas Co, CO, August 2007 |
| 5347001 | polyphemus moth | Antheraea polyphemus | Mature larva, Douglas Co, CO, August 2007 |
| 0758247 | pandora moth | Coloradia pandora | Heavy defoliation of ponderosa pine |
| 0758248 | pandora moth | Coloradia pandora | Heavy defoliation of ponderosa pine forests |
| 0758245 | pandora moth | Coloradia pandora | Mature larva feeding on ponderosa pine. |
| 0758246 | pandora moth | Coloradia pandora | Two female adults on bole of a ponderosa pine |
| 1309003 | polyphemus moth | Antheraea polyphemus | Fort Collins, CO |
| 1428136 | spiny caterpillar | Ormiscodes cinnamomea | Cuncuna espinuda (Spanish common name), colony of larvae feeding on foliage, central Chile |
| 1428146 | spiny caterpillar | Ormiscodes cinnamomea | Mature larva |

