| 0021059 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
in root |
| 0021054 |
gall flies |
Urophora spp. |
|
| 0021057 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
|
| 5435699 |
broad-nosed knapweed seedhead weevil |
Bangasternus fausti |
egg below flower head |
| 0022029 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
on seed head |
| 0022028 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
|
| 0021058 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
on flower |
| 5435701 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
emergence hole of L. minutus. |
| 5435698 |
broad-nosed knapweed seedhead weevil |
Bangasternus fausti |
adult weevil |
| 5435697 |
broad-nosed knapweed seedhead weevil |
Bangasternus fausti |
adult weevil |
| 5435702 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
pupa |
| 5435700 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
Above is adult Larinus minutus, below is Bangasternus fausti - for comparison. |
| 5435755 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
plant heavily attacked by adult weevils |
| 5435756 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
lightly attacked plant (L) heavily attacked plant (R) by adult seed weevils |
| 5435758 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
Tygh Valley OR site in 2007, plant reduction over 90% |
| 5435704 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
adult weevil |
| 5435746 |
brown-winged knapweed moth |
Pterolonche inspersa |
Pterolonche inspersa larva (L) usually occurs below the gall by Sphenoptera jugoslavica (R) |
| 5435747 |
brown-winged knapweed moth |
Pterolonche inspersa |
eggs may be laid on leaf surface or on leaf stalk, they are kidney bean-shaped and have a dimple in center. |
| 5435748 |
brown-winged knapweed moth |
Pterolonche inspersa |
larva |
| 5435749 |
brown-winged knapweed moth |
Pterolonche inspersa |
larva in root gall |
| 5435750 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
eggs laid at base of rosette. Blueish eggs have not hatched yet, white ones have, note frass from larvae boring into root crown. |
| 5435751 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
larva in root gall |
| 5435752 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
adult |
| 5435753 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
adult |
| 5435754 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
adult |
| 5358611 |
UV knapweed seedhead fly |
Urophora quadrifasciata |
Female seedhead gall fly (Urophora quadrifasciata), a biological control agent of diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa), on a knapweed flower bud. |