Tag Archives: 2008

Insect Hotline Issue 7

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Redheaded pine sawfly. Photo by: G. Keith Douce, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org.


Redheaded pine sawfly pupae (cocoons). Photo by: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org.


Redheaded pine sawfly eggs. Photo by: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org.

Redheaded pine sawfly female. Photo by: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org.


Cercropia larva. Caterpillar with 5 prolegs. Photo found at www.wormspit.com/cercropia

Cercropia larva. Picture focuses on the crochets found on the prolegs.

European pine sawfly. Photo by: Petr Kapitola, State Phytosanitary Administration, Bugwood.org.

European pine sawfly. Photo by: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.


European pine sawfly eggs. Photo by: Andrea Battisti, Università di Padova, Bugwood.org.

European pine sawfly male. Photo by: Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org.

European pine sawfly female. Photo by: Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org.

What’s Hot HL Issue 6

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Rizosphaera needlecast on Norway spruce.


Rizosphaera needlecast on Norway spruce, closeup. Rizosphaera photos by: Nancy Gregory, University of Delaware.


Woolly beech aphid. Photo by: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.

Heavy pine bark adelgid infestation. Photo by: USDA Forest Service – Northeastern Area Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.


Light infestation of pine bark adelgids. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.

Boxwood leafminer adult and blistered leaf. Photo by: John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.

Boxwood leafminer larvae. Photo by: Nancy Gregory, Plant Diagnostician, University of Delaware.

Insect Hotline Issue 6

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Euonymus scale infestaion. Photo by: John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.


Euonymus scale infestation. Males are thin, white, ‘fluffy’ and females are brownish oyster-shaped. Photo by: Edward L. Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, Bugwood.org.

Close up of male and female euonymus scales. Females are the brownish oyster-shaped scales. Photo by: Lisa Ames, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org.