David Cappaert's Images
Title: Research EntomologistOrganization: Michigan State University
Unit: Entomology
Country: United States
I am a researcher, working with Michigan State University since 2002 on the emerald ash borer. EAB is a pest with the potential to essentially eliminate a major hardwood species from the US. The scientific questions are broad, interesting and consequential. A recent focus has been on Atanycolus, a native parasitoid of EAB. For an entomologist, the downside of research is the generally limited focus--one species, one system. So photography is my excuse to explore a wider range of flora/fauna. |
| 32 Images of 2 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5110034 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | exit hole |
| 1372003 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | close-up showing the characteristic "D" shaped exit hole of an emerald ash borer, and a woodpecker attack that killed a larva before emergence. |
| 9009087 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Applying foliar spray |
| 1460077 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Sept 24, 2002 |
| 1460075 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Year-old galleries. Dead wood extends above area of tunneling. Note the callus tissue surrounds damaged area. August 2002 |
| 9009080 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Trunk injection - the wedgle is a syringe-like applicator, used here for injection of imidacloprid (Pointer) to control emerald ash borer. |
| 9009086 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Spray tank loading |
| 9009048 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Trunk injection - mauget capsules are used to inject nutrients or pesticides into cambium layer for uptake by the tree. Application for emerald ash borer control in this photo. These are the original mauget capsules. |
| 5110045 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Mauget Generation II capsule for injection of imicide |
| 5343094 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 5343092 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 5343066 | bronze poplar borer | Agrilus liragus | |
| 5343061 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 5110043 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | In the foreground is a stump that was killed by emerald ash borer |
| 5110044 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | thin crown |
| 5110029 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 5110030 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 5110031 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 5110032 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | prepupal cell |
| 5110033 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | prepupal cell |
| 1241001 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 2106098 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 2100048 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 9009031 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Larva feeding. Nearly mature larva feeding on cambium. |
| 9009032 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | mating, late June 2003. |
| 9009033 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Egg cluster. EAB eggs are deposited in July, singly or in small clusters in bark furrows. |
| 9000019 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | |
| 1460076 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Small trees with epicormic shoots; Novi, Michigan; August 10, 2002 |
| 1460071 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Largest size class collected in early September, some individuals appeared to have completed feeding. Maybury State Park, Michigan; August 30, 2002 |
| 1460072 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Mixed larval stages collected from single location on tree. Maybury State Park, Michigan; August 30, 2002 |
| 1460073 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Dieback on mature tree - enhanced growth low; Beck Rd, Michigan; Sept 24, 2002 |
| 1460074 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Ash logs in chipping yard. Millions of ash will be removed in Southeast Michigan this year. |
