Insect Hotline Issue 5

Bxwood Leafminer close

Close-up of boxwood leafminer larvae after boxwood leaf is broken open.  Photo provided by: Nancy Gregory, University of Delaware

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Blistered boxwood leaf and boxwood leafminers.  Photo provided by:  John Weidhass, VA Polytechnic Institute & State University, bugwood.org

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Boxwood leafminer adult.  Photo provided by:  John Baker, NC State University, bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 4

ETC larva wCit

Above picture is of a later instar of the eastern tent caterpillar.  Photo was provided by author imbedded with picture via insect images.org

ETC from Tracy

Photo above is a picture of an early tent formed by eastern tent caterpillars.  A successful non-chemical control strategy is to tear the ‘tent’ or webbing open so natural enemies have access to the caterpillars.  Photo provided by Tracy Wootten, University of Delaware.

ETC egg mass

Photo above is an egg mass laid by eastern tent caterpillar female moths in late June or July.  A control tactic here is to either prune out the egg mass or scrape the mass off the twig.  Photo provided by Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware

Insect Hotline Issue 3

ambrosia frass

Above picture is of a frass ‘toothpick’ sticking out from trunk of tree.

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Above pictures is of the oviposition chamber and larval gallery of one of the bark beetles, Xylosandrus spp.

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Above picture is of the bark beetle, Xylosandrus germanus (ambroisa beetle)

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Above picture is of the bark beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (granulate ambrosia beetle)

The above pictures were provided by various authors (imbedded in photo) via bugwood.org

Insect Hotline No. 2

 

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Thrips feeding damage on greenhouse grown plants.  Photo by:  Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware

 

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Feeding damage by thrips on flower petals.  Photo by:  Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware

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Thrips feeding damage on flower petals.  Photo by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware

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Immature thrips feeding on foliage.  Photo by:  Nancy Gregory, University of Delaware