Insect Hotline Issue 5

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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

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Aphids on Spirea. Photo provided by: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Spot anthracnose on petals. Photo provided by: Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

Spot anthracnose on foliage. Photo provided by: Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

Boxwood psyllid close-up. Photo provided by: Nancy Gregory, University of Delaware, Bugwood.org

Boxwood leafminer damage and larvae. Photo provided by: John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

White pine weevil adult. Photo provided by: Juliana Cardona-Duque, University of Puerto Rico, Bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 5


Damage (blisters) and pupae of boxwood leafminer. Photo by: John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.

Pictures of boxwood leafminer adults. Photo found at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T;/shrubs/ort016e/ort016e.htm.

Close-up of boxwood leafminer larvae. Photo by: Nancy Gregory, Plant Diagnostician, University of Delaware.