Tag Archives: 2008

What’s Hot HL Issue 15

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Damage caused by juniper scale. Photo by: Joseph LaForest, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org.

Juniper scale adults. Photo by: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org.

Pine needle scale adults. Photo by: Brytten Steed, US Forest Service, Bugwood.org.


Spring tails (Collembola) found in moist areas, duff under trees or shrubs, and thatch layer of lawns. Photo by: Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org.

A different species of spring tail. Photo by: Ernest C. Bernard, The University of Tennessee, Bugwood.org.


Hairy chinch bug damage to a lawn. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Shetlar, The Ohio State University.

Short wing and long wing forms of adult hairy chinch bugs. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Shetlar, The Ohio State University.

Insect Hotline Issue 15

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Two spotted spider mites on webbing. Photo by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.

Two spotted spider mite nymph. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Shetlar, The Ohio State University.

Two spotted spider mite eggs, male guarding an immature female molting to an adult. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Shetlar, The Ohio State University.

What’s Hot HL Issue 14

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Western flower thrips. Photo by: Jack T. Reed, Mississippi State University, Bugwood.org.

Two spotted spider mites on webbing. Photo by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.

Two spotted spider mite adults. Photo by: Frank Peairs, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.


Japanese maple scale on dogwood. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.

Insect Hotline Issue 14

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Defoliated leaves from dogwood sawfly feeding. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware

Dogwood sawfly larvae. Photos by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware

Older instar of dogwood sawfly. Photo by: Jerry A. Payne, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org.