| 0024027 |
Canada thistle stem gall fly |
Urophora cardui |
in gall |
| 1323049 |
European corn borer |
Ostrinia nubilalis |
Healthy European corn borer. |
| 4723014 |
melaleuca leaf weevil |
Oxyops vitiosa |
Two larvae and typical larval feeding damage on a twig tip, note feeding scars on young leaves. |
| 1226482 |
zebra swallowtail |
Eurytides marcellus |
|
| 1227093 |
copper underwing |
Amphipyra pyramidoides |
|
| 0022004 |
sulfur knapweed root moth |
Agapeta zoegana |
in root |
| 0021083 |
puncturevine seed weevil |
Microlarinus lareynii |
|
| 0021085 |
puncturevine seed weevil |
Microlarinus lareynii |
in fruits |
| 1223149 |
European chestnut weevil |
Curculio elephas |
|
| 1223158 |
giant root borers |
Prionus spp. |
|
| 0002095 |
Paracles tenuis |
Paracles tenuis |
|
| 0021059 |
bronze knapweed root borer |
Sphenoptera jugoslavica |
in root |
| 1227029 |
Northern citrus root weevil |
Pachnaeus opalus |
|
| 0002014 |
leaf-feeding sawfly |
Heteroperreyia hubrichi |
gregarious larvae feeding on leaf |
| 0022003 |
sulfur knapweed root moth |
Agapeta zoegana |
in root |
| 0001033 |
spiny oak slug |
Euclea delphinii |
|
| 1316016 |
tobacco budworm |
Heliothis virescens |
Cell lines from budworms, Heliothis virescens, are being used to grow highly infective baculoviruses like the one that killed the smaller caterpillar. |
| 0024023 |
Canada thistle stem mining weevil |
Ceutorhynchus litura |
feeding in stem |
| 0023099 |
clearwing moth |
Chamaesphecia tenthrediniformis |
in damaged root |
| 0022059 |
yellow starthistle hairy weevil |
Eustenopus villosus |
in seed head |
| 0024012 |
Toadflax Brocade |
Calophasia lunula |
on stem |
| 0023076 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
in the flower head |
| 0023056 |
defoliator moth |
Oxicesta geographica |
mature larva |
| 0023015 |
St. John's wort beetle |
Agrilus hyperici |
|
| 0023057 |
defoliator moth |
Oxicesta geographica |
living within a silken tent |
| 0023041 |
St. John's Wort Inchworm |
Aplocera plagiata |
|
| 0024024 |
Canada thistle stem mining weevil |
Ceutorhynchus litura |
larvae feeding in stem |
| 1226106 |
zebra Heliconian |
Heliconius charitonius |
|
| 0023096 |
black dot spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona nigriscutis |
|
| 1304005 |
eastern tent caterpillar |
Malacosoma americanum |
|
| 0026044 |
field bindweed moth |
Tyta luctuosa |
|
| 0002021 |
salvinia stem borer/waterlettuce moth |
Samea multiplicalis |
|
| 0025030 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
in the flower head |
| 1226075 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
|
| 1226865 |
silverspotted skipper |
Epargyreus clarus |
|
| 1227028 |
Northern citrus root weevil |
Pachnaeus opalus |
|
| 1227012 |
cranberry fruitworm |
Acrobasis vaccinii |
|
| 1227088 |
cranberry fruitworm |
Acrobasis vaccinii |
|
| 1227025 |
Northern citrus root weevil |
Pachnaeus opalus |
|
| 1226583 |
black swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes |
|
| 1226593 |
black swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes |
|
| 1226422 |
spicebush swallowtail |
Papilio troilus |
|
| 1226297 |
monarch butterfly |
Danaus plexippus |
|
| 1227002 |
yellownecked caterpillar |
Datana ministra |
|
| 1226115 |
common buckeye |
Junonia coenia |
|
| 1226481 |
zebra swallowtail |
Eurytides marcellus |
|
| 1226124 |
common buckeye |
Junonia coenia |
|
| 0022064 |
yellow star thistle gall fly |
Urophora sirunaseva |
in gall |
| 1226580 |
black swallowtail |
Papilio polyxenes |
|
| 0025031 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
in the stem |
| 1115103 |
least skipper |
Ancyloxypha numitor |
|
| 0023026 |
St. Johnswort beetle |
Chrysolina hyperici |
feeding on plant |
| 1226076 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
|
| 0023091 |
copper leafy spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona flava |
|
| 0025005 |
spurge hawkmoth |
Hyles euphorbiae |
|
| 0022062 |
yellow starthistle flower weevil |
Larinus curtus |
in the seed head |
| 0023073 |
defoliator moth |
Simyra dentinosa |
in mass |
| 0002026 |
waterlily leafcutter |
Synclita obliteralis |
|
| 0002080 |
waterhyacinth moth |
Sameodes albiguttalis |
late instar |
| 1227027 |
Northern citrus root weevil |
Pachnaeus opalus |
|
| 1224073 |
pecan nut casebearer |
Acrobasis nuxvorella |
Larva & Case. Late Spring - Early Summer Damage. Larva - had overwintered. |
| 0002076 |
water hyacinth weevils |
Neochetina spp. |
Late-stage larva feed at the base of leaf petioles often damaging a subtending axillary buds |
| 0002024 |
waterlettuce moth |
Spodoptera pectinicornis |
larval feeding can destroy leaves |
| 0025023 |
Canada thistle stem mining weevil |
Ceutorhynchus litura |
in stem |
| 1224021 |
pecan weevil |
Curculio caryae |
larval damage to pecan kernel |
| 1224012 |
pecan leaf casebearer |
Acrobasis juglandis |
Larva and Case. Late spring/early summer damage. Larva had overwintered. |
| 1223050 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1223051 |
saltmarsh caterpillar |
Estigmene acrea |
|
| 1223053 |
cutworms, loopers, owlet moths, and underwings |
|
on chinese cabbage |
| 1223047 |
pecan nut casebearer |
Acrobasis nuxvorella |
damaging nut cluster |
| 1223049 |
pecan catocala |
Catocala spp. |
|
| 1223042 |
hickory shuckworm |
Cydia caryana |
|
| 1223052 |
saltmarsh caterpillar |
Estigmene acrea |
|
| 1226105 |
zebra Heliconian |
Heliconius charitonius |
|
| 1223171 |
hickory shuckworm |
Cydia caryana |
|
| 1223002 |
pecan weevil |
Curculio caryae |
|
| 1223177 |
giant root borers |
Prionus spp. |
|
| 1223043 |
hickory shuckworm |
Cydia caryana |
|
| 1223004 |
pecan weevil |
Curculio caryae |
and damage |
| 1355025 |
Colorado potato beetle |
Leptinotarsa decemlineata |
|
| 1223159 |
giant root borers |
Prionus spp. |
|
| 1226119 |
common buckeye |
Junonia coenia |
|
| 1227026 |
Northern citrus root weevil |
Pachnaeus opalus |
|
| 1223145 |
Asian chestnut gall wasp |
Dryocosmus kuriphilus |
|
| 1223018 |
convergent lady beetle |
Hippodamia convergens |
|
| 1223019 |
convergent lady beetle |
Hippodamia convergens |
|
| 1223017 |
convergent lady beetle |
Hippodamia convergens |
feeding on pea aphids on vetch |
| 1226423 |
spicebush swallowtail |
Papilio troilus |
|
| 1226091 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
|
| 1226116 |
common buckeye |
Junonia coenia |
|
| 1226573 |
eastern tiger swallowtail |
Papilio glaucus |
|
| 1226464 |
zebra swallowtail |
Eurytides marcellus |
|
| 1226296 |
monarch butterfly |
Danaus plexippus |
|
| 1224099 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
|
| 1226122 |
common buckeye |
Junonia coenia |
|
| 1226097 |
variegated fritillary |
Euptoieta claudia |
|
| 1226295 |
monarch butterfly |
Danaus plexippus |
|
| 1226610 |
cloudless sulphur |
Phoebis sennae |
|
| 0024009 |
toadflax capsule weevil |
Gymnetron antirrhini |
feeding inside seed capsules |
| 1226637 |
cloudless sulphur |
Phoebis sennae |
|
| 1226638 |
cloudless sulphur |
Phoebis sennae |
|
| 1226323 |
monarch butterfly |
Danaus plexippus |
|
| 1223128 |
pecan serpentine leafminer |
Stigmella judlandifoliella |
|
| 1223122 |
pecan serpentine leafminer |
Stigmella judlandifoliella |
|
| 1226640 |
cloudless sulphur |
Phoebis sennae |
|
| 1226424 |
spicebush swallowtail |
Papilio troilus |
|
| 1224083 |
cranberry fruitworm |
Acrobasis vaccinii |
|
| 1226107 |
zebra Heliconian |
Heliconius charitonius |
|
| 1223160 |
giant root borers |
Prionus spp. |
|
| 1223161 |
giant root borers |
Prionus spp. |
|
| 1226133 |
common buckeye |
Junonia coenia |
|
| 1224112 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1223032 |
ashy gray lady beetle |
Olla v-nigrum |
feeding on spittlebug |
| 1223026 |
sevenspotted lady beetle |
Coccinella septempunctata |
on vetch |
| 1223180 |
giant root borers |
Prionus spp. |
|
| 1224026 |
hickory shoot curculio |
Conotrachelus aratus |
|
| 1115106 |
sachem |
Atalopedes campestris |
|
| 1224104 |
pecan bud moth |
Gretchena bolliana |
|
| 0023060 |
defoliator moth |
Simyra dentinosa |
|
| 1227097 |
skiff moth |
Prolimacodes badia |
|
| 0025007 |
leafy spurge stem boring beetle |
Oberea erythrocephala |
in root |
| 1226298 |
monarch butterfly |
Danaus plexippus |
|
| 1115097 |
fall armyworm |
Spodoptera frugiperda |
In Bermudagrass |
| 0660086 |
Japanese beetle |
Popillia japonica |
|
| 1304006 |
eastern tent caterpillar |
Malacosoma americanum |
|
| 5393964 |
California prionus |
Prionus californicus |
Larvae of California prionus, Prionus californicus, in glass jars in the laboratory. |
| 5393201 |
bertha armyworm |
Mamestra configurata |
The larva of bertha armyworm (Mamestra configurata) infesting a common hop plant in a field at Washington, USA. |
| 5393199 |
black vine weevil |
Otiorhynchus sulcatus |
The larvae of black vine weevils (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) infesting the root of a common hop plant in a field at Idaho, USA. |
| 1263061 |
fall armyworm |
Spodoptera frugiperda |
|
| 5171046 |
bumble flower beetle |
Euphoria inda |
grub and raster pattern on last abdomenal segment; 8 June, 2004 |
| 1483006 |
South American rice miner |
Hydrellia wirthi |
|
| 5174033 |
Hessian fly |
Mayetiola destructor |
Once the outer leaves of the wheat seedling are peeled away, Hessian fly larvae can be seen feeding near the base of a susceptible plant (larvae are about 800 micrometers long). |
| 5171071 |
black vine weevil |
Otiorhynchus sulcatus |
larvae feeding on roots of sedum; 10 October, 2005 |
| 5171044 |
Japanese beetle |
Popillia japonica |
raster pattern on last abdomenal segment; 1 June, 2005 |
| 5171061 |
Japanese beetle |
Popillia japonica |
third instar larva; 1 June, 2005 |
| 5171065 |
European chafer |
Amphimallon majale |
raster pattern on last abdomenal segment; 5 May, 2004 |
| 5171043 |
European chafer |
Amphimallon majale |
third instar larva; 5 May, 2004 |
| 5171059 |
Tiphiid wasp |
Tiphia vernalis |
third instar oriental beetle parasitized by Tiphia vernalis; 24 June, 2004 |
| 5171060 |
Tiphiid wasp |
Tiphia vernalis |
third instar oriental beetle parasitized by Tiphia vernalis; 24 June, 2004 |
| 5171045 |
northern masked chafer |
Cyclocephala borealis |
3rd instar larva; 21 March, 2006 |
| 5171062 |
northern masked chafer |
Cyclocephala borealis |
raster pattern on last abdomenal segment; 21 March, 2006 |
| 1316064 |
Diaprepes root weevil |
Diaprepes abbreviatus |
Young (left) and older larvae of the Diaprepes root weevil on cakes of an artificial diet developed by ARS. |
| 1318040 |
monarch butterfly |
Danaus plexippus |
|
| 1323012 |
lacewings |
|
|
| 1323013 |
lacewings |
|
|
| 1320022 |
fall armyworm |
Spodoptera frugiperda |
Fall armyworms may grow to only half their normal inch-and-a-half size if the Mir1 gene from corn germplasm lines Mp704 and 708 can be bred into commercial varieties. |
| 1320028 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
A natural insecticide in the silk of some corn lines will deter earworms in the future if ARS scientists succeed in transferring genes that control the production of maysin. |
| 2514014 |
spiny oak slug |
Euclea delphinii |
Spiny Oak slug. photo taken 27 Sept 1985 Bolingbroke, GA |
| 2514021 |
eastern tent caterpillar |
Malacosoma americanum |
Tent Caterpillars. Sycamore, GA 7 April 1968 |
| 1224165 |
saddleback caterpillar |
Acharia stimulea |
saddleback |
| 1224178 |
pear sawfly |
Caliroa cerasi |
Pearslug (A sawfly) on peachleaf. |
| 1224199 |
Northern citrus root weevil |
Pachnaeus opalus |
|
| 1224224 |
red-humped caterpillar moth |
Schizura concinna |
on American Persimmon. |
| 1224200 |
giant root borers |
Prionus spp. |
Prionus larva in larval gallery. |
| 1224063 |
dogwood sawfly |
Macremphytus tarsatus |
|
| 1224065 |
dogwood sawfly |
Macremphytus tarsatus |
|
| 1224066 |
dogwood sawfly |
Macremphytus tarsatus |
|
| 1224067 |
sawfly |
Megaxyela major |
|
| 1224054 |
horse chestnut leafminer |
Cameraria ohridella |
|
| 1320014 |
western corn rootworm |
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera |
Corn rootworm larva. |
| 1319046 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
A normal, 12-day-old cotton bollworm larva raised on a control diet. |
| 1319047 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
In studies to track the development of Bt resistance, this undersized, 12-day-old larva was fed a diet containing Bt proteins. |
| 1321029 |
pink bollworm |
Pectinophora gossypiella |
Pink bollworms emerging from a damaged cotton boll. |
| 1319085 |
Mediterranean fruit fly, Medfly |
Ceratitis capitata |
Medfly larvae consuming a highly nutritious corn-based diet. |
| 1316086 |
mosquito |
Culex nigripalpus |
Culex nigripalpus larvae |
| 1316067 |
Pyralid moth |
Gymnancyla canella |
Well camouflaged, a larva of the Gymnancylie canella moth burrows into a Russian thistle stem. |
| 1321048 |
western corn rootworm |
Diabrotica virgifera virgifera |
Western corn rootworm larvae (about one-quarter inch long). |
| 5015058 |
prickly pear moth |
Cactoblastis cactorum |
Native cactus moth, Melitara sp.(left), and invasive cactus moth, Cactoblastic cactorum (right) |
| 5015061 |
prickly pear moth |
Cactoblastis cactorum |
|
| 5015063 |
prickly pear moth |
Cactoblastis cactorum |
Cohort of cactus moth larvae, Cactoblastis cactorum. Notice different instars within cohort. |
| 5015064 |
prickly pear moth |
Cactoblastis cactorum |
Cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum feeding on Opuntia stricta at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida |
| 5015065 |
prickly pear moth |
Cactoblastis cactorum |
Third instar larvae of Cactoblastis cactorum moving to a new cladode of Opuntia stricta. St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Florida |
| 5015069 |
prickly pear moth |
Cactoblastis cactorum |
|
| 1355009 |
Australian pyralid moth |
Austromusotima camptozonale |
Larvae feed on leaves of climbing fern, weakening the plant. |
| 1115110 |
sachem |
Atalopedes campestris |
|
| 1355055 |
alfalfa looper |
Autographa californica |
Larvae consume the foliage of many species of crops, such as this potato plant. |
| 1355043 |
salvinia weevil |
Cyrtobagous salviniae |
Close-up of a Cyrtobagous salviniae weevil larva. These 1/10th-inch long insects feed voraciously on buds and rhizomes of giant salvinia. |
| 1355027 |
black vine weevil |
Otiorhynchus sulcatus |
Full-grown larva; actual size about 6 mm or 1/4 inch. |
| 0177087 |
fall armyworm |
Spodoptera frugiperda |
Normal larva (bottom) and larva of the same age (top) after feeding on resistant corn (Zapalote Chico). |
| 1224055 |
carpenter worm |
Chilecomadia valdiviana |
|
| 1224215 |
chestnut weevil |
Mecorhis cumulatus |
|
| 1224216 |
chestnut weevil |
Mecorhis cumulatus |
|
| 1224217 |
chestnut weevil |
Mecorhis cumulatus |
|
| 1224125 |
pecan weevil |
Curculio caryae |
and damage to pecan kernel. |
| 1224222 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1224093 |
cranberry fruitworm |
Acrobasis vaccinii |
|
| 1224111 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1224113 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1224129 |
pecan weevil |
Curculio caryae |
|
| 1224130 |
pecan weevil |
Curculio caryae |
|
| 1224109 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1224110 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1224114 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1224115 |
walnut caterpillar |
Datana integerrima |
|
| 1739030 |
Tachinid fly |
Archytas marmoratus |
Scanning electron micrograph of larva (planidium) waiting on a leaf to paratisize passing caterpillar. |
| 1321092 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
|
| 1321093 |
gypsy moth |
Lymantria dispar |
Gypsy moth caterpillars are the number one forest and shade tree pest in the Northeast. |
| 1320097 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
|
| 1320098 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
|
| 1324008 |
bollworm |
Helicoverpa zea |
A normal corn earworm larva (right) dwarfs one fed on a genetically altered baculovirus. Both larvae are 10 days old. |
| 1227098 |
imperial moth |
Eacles imperialis |
|
| 1227101 |
spiny oak slug |
Euclea delphinii |
|
| 1227102 |
spiny oak slug |
Euclea delphinii |
|
| 1228057 |
variegated fritillary |
Euptoieta claudia |
|
| 1228061 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
and variegated fritillary caterpillar |
| 1228062 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
and variegated fritillary caterpillar |
| 1228063 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
and variegated fritillary caterpillar |
| 1228066 |
longwing butterflies |
Heliconius spp. |
|
| 1227099 |
hag moth |
Phobetron pithecium |
|
| 1227100 |
hag moth |
Phobetron pithecium |
|
| 1227096 |
skiff moth |
Prolimacodes badia |
|
| 1228048 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
with Jerry Payne, USDA ARS |
| 1228049 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
|
| 1228053 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
|
| 1228054 |
gulf fritillary |
Agraulis vanillae |
Pupating. |
| 1228056 |
variegated fritillary |
Euptoieta claudia |
|
| 1227011 |
blueberry maggots |
Rhagoletis spp. |
|
| 1227091 |
Noctuid moth |
Acronicta tritona |
|
| 1227087 |
cranberry fruitworm |
Acrobasis vaccinii |
|
| 1227055 |
blueberry maggot |
Rhagoletis mendax |
|
| 1227056 |
blueberry maggot |
Rhagoletis mendax |
|
| 1227094 |
yellownecked caterpillar |
Datana ministra |
|
| 2666031 |
pecan nut casebearer |
Acrobasis nuxvorella |
entering nut |
| 3970053 |
Australian pyralid moth |
Austromusotima camptozonale |
late instar larva feeding in Florida quarantine from Brisbane, Australia |
| 3970067 |
spurge hawkmoth |
Hyles euphorbiae |
|
| 0908099 |
multicolored Asian lady beetle |
Harmonia axyridis |
|
| 4723005 |
alligatorweed thrips |
Amynothrips andersoni |
are bright orange, 1970's |
| 0022033 |
UV knapweed seedhead fly |
Urophora quadrifasciata |
in spotted knapweed seed head |
| 0022034 |
UV knapweed seedhead fly |
Urophora quadrifasciata |
in spotted knapweed seed head |
| 0023095 |
black dot spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona nigriscutis |
|
| 0022012 |
knapweed root weevil |
Cyphocleonus achates |
biological control agent of knapweeds |
| 0022035 |
yellow star thistle gall fly |
Urophora sirunaseva |
|
| 0025071 |
black dot spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona nigriscutis |
|
| 0025072 |
black dot spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona nigriscutis |
feeding on root |
| 0022023 |
knapweed seedhead moth |
Metzneria paucipunctella |
on knapweed seed head |
| 0023084 |
minute spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona abdominalis |
a biocontrol agent of Leafy Spurge |
| 0021047 |
knapweed seedhead moth |
Metzneria paucipunctella |
and pupa in seed head |
| 0022022 |
knapweed seedhead moth |
Metzneria paucipunctella |
on knapweed seed head |
| 0025057 |
St. John's wort beetle |
Agrilus hyperici |
in root |
| 0023100 |
leafy spurge stem boring beetle |
Oberea erythrocephala |
a biocontrol agent of Leafy Spurge |
| 0021064 |
brown-winged knapweed moth |
Pterolonche inspersa |
attack knapweeds |
| 0021065 |
brown-winged knapweed moth |
Pterolonche inspersa |
chimney constructed to escape knapweed root |
| 0022027 |
brown-winged knapweed moth |
Pterolonche inspersa |
chimney constructed by larva to escape knapweed root |
| 0022026 |
brown-winged root moth |
Pelochrista medullana |
attacks knapweed roots |
| 0022073 |
puncturevine stem weevil |
Microlarinus lypriformis |
|
