What’s Hot HL 2

Juniper webworm larva. Image provided by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bugwood.org


Juniper webworm damage. Image provided by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bugwood.org

White pine sheath mites. The small white images in the faint red circles are the mites. Image provided by http://woodypests.cas.psu.edu/PestDiagnosis/Pine.html

What’s Hot HL 26

Brown marmorated stink bug adults and nymph.
Photo by Gary Bernon, USDA APHIS, Bugwood.org

Western conifer seed bug.
Photo by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Southern red mite.
Photo by John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Spruce spider mite with webbing.

Photo from USDA Forest Service – Region 4 Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 25

SPRUCE SPIDER MITES. Spruce spider mites are “cool season”

mites commonly found feeding on fir, arborvitae, spruce,

Douglas-fir, and other conifers. Their sucking mouthparts cause

bleaching, yellowing, stippling or bronzing of the needles.

Spruce Spider Mite Pictures from USDA Forest Service – Region 4 Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

What’s Hot HL 19

Spider mite damage.
John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Spider mites feeding on leaf.
John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Spider Mite Magnified.
Photo by David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org

Green June Beetle
Photo from University of Georgia Archives, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Cicada Killer and its Prey

Photo by Howard Ensign Evans, , Bugwood.org

Female Cicada Killer in Flight