Joseph LaForest's Images
Title: IPM and Forest Health SpecialistOrganization: University of Georgia
Unit: The Bugwood Network
Country: United States
Web: http://www.bugwood.org
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Joseph LaForest is the Integrated Pest Management and Forest Health Specialist for the Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia. Previously, he was the pest manager of Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan and worked to further develop their adult education programs. He is a Certified Arborist in the International Society of Arboriculture and has worked in various parts of the green industry for the last 12 years. His interests include promoting holistic plant health care through development of integrated pest management solutions, developing resources to be used in educating and assisting green industry workers, and teaching. His current duties include developing scouting guides and keys, classifying images, verifying taxonomy, and developing other educational resources. |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2187059 | spider mites | abundant webbing | |
| 2187061 | spider mites | abundant webbing | |
| 5026014 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | emergence holes |
| 2187054 | longtailed mealybug | Pseudococcus longispinus | honeydew on leaf with longtailed mealybug |
| 2187057 | spider mites | abundant webbing | |
| 2187048 | juniper scale | Carulaspis juniperi | |
| 2187049 | juniper scale | Carulaspis juniperi | |
| 2187050 | juniper scale | Carulaspis juniperi | |
| 2187047 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 2187044 | great southern white | Ascia monuste | |
| 2187043 | great southern white | Ascia monuste | |
| 2187039 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 2187041 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 2187046 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 2187045 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 2187056 | longtailed mealybug | Pseudococcus longispinus | spots of honeydew on leaf |
| 2187040 | common buckeye | Junonia coenia | |
| 2187062 | luna moth | Actias luna | cross-section through flight muscles; feathery organs in backgroung are the antennae |
| 2187042 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 5137039 | ghost ant | Tapinoma melanocephalum | feeding on sugar bait |
| 5026015 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | in freshly made gallery |
| 5026016 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | freshly made gallery with Dutch Elm Disease (Ophiostoma ulmi) visible around it |
| 5026017 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | fresh gallery |
| 5026003 | euonymus caterpillar | Yponomeuta cagnagella | total defoliation; only webbing remains on the branches |
| 5026004 | euonymus caterpillar | Yponomeuta cagnagella | lines of larvae silking down from defoliated tree |
| 5026005 | euonymus caterpillar | Yponomeuta cagnagella | larvae on silk descending from shrub |
| 5026006 | euonymus caterpillar | Yponomeuta cagnagella | clump of larvae on silk descending from defoliated shrub |
| 5026007 | euonymus caterpillar | Yponomeuta cagnagella | frass and webbing are all that remain after defoliation |
| 5026013 | smaller European elm bark beetle | Scolytus multistriatus | emergence hole |
| 5025084 | basswood leafminer | Baliosus nervosa | larvae backlit within blotch mines |
| 5025085 | basswood leafminer | Baliosus nervosa | larvae in blotch mines |
| 5025086 | juniper scale | Carulaspis juniperi | white scales on needles of juniper |
| 5025087 | juniper scale | Carulaspis juniperi | white scales on foliage of juniper |
| 5025088 | juniper scale | Carulaspis juniperi | |
| 5025089 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | adult beetles in container from supplier |
| 5025090 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | standard shipping container for 500 adult predators |
| 5025091 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | release of 500 adults on to juniper infested with juniper scale |
| 5025092 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | container set into juniper for release of 500 adults |
| 5025093 | juniper scale | Carulaspis juniperi | |
| 5025094 | euonymus scale | Unaspis euonymi | |
| 5025095 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | release of adults into infested euonymus |
| 5025096 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | release of 500 adults into and infested euonymus |
| 5025097 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | |
| 5025098 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | |
| 5025099 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | small black adult crawling over infestation of euonymus scale. |
| 5025100 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | adult crawling over infestation of euonymus scale |
| 5026001 | euonymus scale | Unaspis euonymi | |
| 5026002 | scale picnic beetle | Cybocephalus nipponicus | release of adults into infested euonymus |
| 2187058 | longtailed mealybug | Pseudococcus longispinus | |
| 2187055 | longtailed mealybug | Pseudococcus longispinus | honeydew on leaf |
| 2187088 | ghost ant | Tapinoma melanocephalum | feeding from gel bait |
