| 5492461 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Billbug adult walking across sidewalk in early spring. |
| 5490539 |
billbug |
Sphenophorus coesifrons |
S. coesifrons, a moderately common billbug found in bermudagrass and St. Augustinegrass. |
| 5492456 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Extensive damage to Kentucky bluegrass sodded lawn showing tall fescue remaining because of their endophytes. Image taken in late July. |
| 5492455 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Typical damage to home lawn from the bluegrass billbug and drought. Image taken in early July. |
| 5492457 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
A 3rd or 4th instar bluegrass billbug larva. |
| 5490540 |
hunting billbug |
Sphenophorus venatus vestitus |
Adult hunting billbug, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus |
| 5490541 |
hunting billbug |
Sphenophorus venatus vestitus |
Hunting billbug adult, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus, walking across bermudagrass putting green. |
| 5492458 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Early pupa of bluegrass billbug extracted from soil in Kentucky bluegrass plot. |
| 5492462 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Close-up of bluegrass billbug showing diagnostic pits and furrows. |
| 5492463 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Nearly mature billbug that has chewed down turf stem, leaving behind sawdust-like frass, and is now eating the crown. |
| 5492459 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Adult bluegrass billbug walking across short-cut bentgrass turf. |
| 5492460 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Frass-filled stems of Kentucky bluegrass; this is a diagnostic feature of billbug larval activity. |
| 5490543 |
billbug |
Sphenophorus coesifrons |
Sphenophorus coesifrons found in bermudagrass and other warm-season turf. |
| 5490544 |
Rocky Mountain billbug |
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus |
Sphenophorus cicatristriatus, Rocky Mountain billbug on grass blade. |
| 5492464 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Egg of bluegrass billbug located in chamber in a grass stem. |
| 5490547 |
hunting billbug |
Sphenophorus venatus vestitus |
Hunting billbug adult, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus, showing pattern on pronotum and elytra. |
| 5492465 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
Automontage image of bluegrass billbug adult showing typical pits and furrows. |
| 5492340 |
white pine weevil |
Pissodes strobi |
an adult white pine weevil collected from spruce |
| 5492342 |
white pine weevil |
Pissodes strobi |
White pine weevil adult on a spruce branch |
| 5495265 |
asparagus beetle |
Crioceris asparagi |
|
| 1573940 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Close-up of lower stem with larva. September 1997 |
| 5495026 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
diagnostic puncture wounds on needles made by adults |
| 5495027 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
inner bark of infested stem, larval damage |
| 5495028 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
larval damage, wood surface of infested stem |
| 5495030 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
Larvae in tunnels |
| 5495031 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
mature larvae found in the wood. blue ruler is in millimeters |
| 5495020 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
Collected from Pinus ponderosa
adult weevil about 2.5 mm in length |
| 5495021 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
Collected from Pinus ponderosa
Adult weevil about 2.5 mm in length |
| 5495023 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
Collected from Pinus ponderosa
Adult weevil about 2.5 mm in length |
| 5495024 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
Collected from Pinus ponderosa
adult weevil about 2.5 mm in length |
| 5495025 |
pine reproduction weevil |
Cylindrocopturus eatoni |
Collected from Pinus ponderosa
pupa is about 3 mm in length |
| 1573711 |
squash vine borer |
Melittia cucurbitae |
Close up of affected vine with borer. August 1997 |
| 1573712 |
squash vine borer |
Melittia cucurbitae |
Affected vine with borer. August 1997 |
| 1573709 |
squash vine borer |
Melittia cucurbitae |
Close up of affected vine with borer. August 1997 |
| 1573710 |
squash vine borer |
Melittia cucurbitae |
Close up of affected vine with borer. August 1997 |
| 5485677 |
hemlock woolly adelgid |
Adelges tsugae |
Hemlock mortality caused by Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae). |
| 5485663 |
hemlock woolly adelgid |
Adelges tsugae |
|
| 5488009 |
hemlock woolly adelgid |
Adelges tsugae |
|
| 5492750 |
white pine weevil |
Pissodes strobi |
|
| 5492751 |
white pine weevil |
Pissodes strobi |
|
| 5490351 |
poplar twiggall fly |
Hexomyza schineri |
Larva exposed in gall |
| 5486215 |
bluegrass billbug |
Sphenophorus parvulus |
|
| 5487635 |
eyespotted bud moth |
Spilonota ocellana |
Sterigma.
Collection information: USA: Oregon, Benton Co., McDonald St. Forest, 27 Jul 2001, D. J. Wright. |
| 5487486 |
hemp moth |
Grapholita delineana |
Genitalia.
Collection information: Japan: Tokyo, 15 Jun 1963, A. Kawabe. |
| 5487628 |
hemp moth |
Grapholita delineana |
Genitalia.
Collection information: USA: Iowa, Hayden Prairie, 28 Jun 1995, R. A. Watkins. |
| 5487482 |
South African carnation tortrix |
Epichoristodes acerbella |
Genitalia.
Collection information: South Africa. |
| 5487483 |
South African carnation tortrix |
Epichoristodes acerbella |
Genitalia.
Collection information: Italy [intercepted on carnations]. |
| 5487621 |
Neotropical soybean budborer |
Crocidosema aporema |
Genitalia.
Collection information: Costa Rica. |
| 5487620 |
Neotropical soybean budborer |
Crocidosema aporema |
Genitalia.
Collection information: [Central America]. |
| 5486419 |
summer fruit tortrix moth |
Adoxophyes orana |
Genitalia.
Collection information Netherlands: Lienden, culture Jul 1988. |
| 5486415 |
summer fruit tortrix moth |
Adoxophyes orana |
Genitalia.
Collection information Netherlands: Lienden, culture Jul 1988. |
| 5488707 |
hemlock woolly adelgid |
Adelges tsugae |
hemlock mortality caused by hemlock wooly adelgid in the Great Smoky Mountains |
| 1599237 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Plastic container sitting on balances to determine the amount of moisture that must to be added to maintain the proper level in the container. |
| 1599234 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Three plastic containers showing the various moisture levels that the lesser cornstalk borer was held at in the laboratory to determine the effect of soil moisture on the length of the life cycle on this insect. Results are shown in another picture. This insect is usually only a major problem in very dry conditions. |
| 1599258 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Me(on left) and Dr. T. Canerday examining pieces of paper with lesser cornstalk borer? eggs on them. This is how I artificially enhanced natural populations of this insect in my research plots. |
| 1599259 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Plastic cages used to rear lesser cornstalk borers at different moisture levels. Droppers on cages were used to add moisture as needed to maintain required soil moisture levels. |
| 1599261 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Research containers used to rear lesser cornstalk borers at different soil moisture levels to determine the effect of soil moisture on the length of the life cycle of the insect. |
| 1599230 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Technician, Freddie Stansell counting and dividing eggs of the lesser c ornstalk borer into equal numbers to be placed in research plots on the Coastal Plain Experiment Station. |
| 1599222 |
lesser cornstalk borer |
Elasmopalpus lignosellus |
Applying granules with a tractor and two two-row granule applicators for the control of the lesser cornstalk borer. |
| 5006066 |
Hessian fly |
Mayetiola destructor |
Illustration by Arthur Cushman |