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. |
| 15 Images of 5 Subjects | View Subject List | View Image Details | View Thumbnails |
| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5490030 | American beaver | Castor canadensis | |
| 5490111 | Mexican bean beetle | Epilachna varivestis | Leaf skeletonizing characteristic of bean beetle feeding |
| 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. |
| 1460077 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Sept 24, 2002 |
| 9000015 | European chafer | Amphimallon majale | Arborvitae liner plants killed by feeding of European chafer. West Michigan nursery. |
| 5343092 | 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 |
| 2145087 | spittlebugs or froghoppers | ||
| 2147077 | spittlebugs or froghoppers | ||
| 9000014 | European chafer | Amphimallon majale | Arborvitae liner plant girdled by European chafer. East Lansing, MI. |
| 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. |
| 1460076 | emerald ash borer | Agrilus planipennis | Small trees with epicormic shoots; Novi, Michigan; August 10, 2002 |
