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. |
| 81 Images of 11 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5470461 | eastern lubber grasshopper | Romalea microptera | |
| 5470459 | eastern lubber grasshopper | Romalea microptera | |
| 5470460 | eastern lubber grasshopper | Romalea microptera | |
| 5470457 | eastern lubber grasshopper | Romalea microptera | |
| 5470458 | eastern lubber grasshopper | Romalea microptera | |
| 5470455 | eastern lubber grasshopper | Romalea microptera | |
| 5391472 | whites and sulfur butterfiles | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 5405535 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405536 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405537 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405533 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405534 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405530 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405531 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405532 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405528 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405529 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405525 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405526 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405527 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405524 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | |
| 5405481 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 5405482 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 5405478 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 5405479 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 5405480 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 5394961 | luna moth | Actias luna | |
| 5394962 | luna moth | Actias luna | forewing |
| 5394959 | luna moth | Actias luna | wings expanded |
| 5394960 | luna moth | Actias luna | |
| 5394957 | luna moth | Actias luna | wings almost finished expanding |
| 5394958 | luna moth | Actias luna | wings almost expanded |
| 5394956 | luna moth | Actias luna | antennae |
| 5394955 | luna moth | Actias luna | head and antennae |
| 5394953 | luna moth | Actias luna | just emerged; wings expanding |
| 5394954 | luna moth | Actias luna | wings expanding |
| 5394951 | luna moth | Actias luna | after emergence. brown paper bag was incorporated into cocoon |
| 5394952 | luna moth | Actias luna | just emerged |
| 5394949 | luna moth | Actias luna | prior to emergence. brown paper bag was incorporated into cocoon |
| 5394950 | luna moth | Actias luna | prior to emergence. brown paper bag was incorporated into cocoon |
| 5394948 | luna moth | Actias luna | prior to emergence. brown paper bag was incorporated into cocoon |
| 5394945 | luna moth | Actias luna | grasping styrofoam cup |
| 5394944 | luna moth | Actias luna | |
| 5389030 | Fuller rose beetle | Pantomorus cervinus | |
| 5389029 | Fuller rose beetle | Pantomorus cervinus | |
| 5389027 | Fuller rose beetle | Pantomorus cervinus | |
| 5389028 | Fuller rose beetle | Pantomorus cervinus | |
| 5305073 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305074 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305075 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305076 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305079 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305080 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305081 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305082 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305083 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305084 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305085 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305086 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | |
| 5305061 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | on salvinia after treatment with herbicide |
| 5305064 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | on salvinia after treatment with herbicide |
| 5305065 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | on salvinia after treatment with herbicide |
| 5305067 | salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth | Samea multiplicalis | on salvinia after treatment with herbicide |
| 5291090 | gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | |
| 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 |
| 5025084 | basswood leafminer | Baliosus nervosa | larvae backlit within blotch mines |
| 5025085 | basswood leafminer | Baliosus nervosa | larvae in blotch mines |

