What’s Hot HL Issue 19


Cicada killer adult wasp. Photo provided by: Jessica Lawrence, Eurofins Agroscience Services, Bugwood.org

Prey items brought back to the nest to have eggs laid on them. Photo provided by: Kenneth R. Law, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org

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

Catalpa sphinx moth adult. Photo provided by: Herbert A. “Joe” Pase III, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Catalpa sphinx moth caterpillar. Photo provided by: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org

Catalpa sphinx moth caterpillar. Photo provided by: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org

What’s Hot HL Issue 18


Cabbage looper larva. Photo by: Alton N. Sparks, Jr., University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Cabbage looper pupa. Photo by: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Catalpa sphinx moth larvae. Photo by: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org

Parasitized catalpa sphinx larva. Photo by: Lacy L. Hyche, Auburn University, Bugwood.org

Brown spots on part of trunk of ash tree are woodpecker marks. Notice one of the woodpecker marks has a hole from where the bird extracted a emerald ash borer larva.

Split bark on trunk of ash tree. Examine split closely and see mining underneath.

Healthy stand (treated) of green ash trees (East Lansing, MI).

Untreated stand of ash trees under attack from emerald ash borer.

Emerald ash borer damage on ash tree

Finger points to emerald ash borer larva. Photos of emerald ash borer provided by: Brian A. Kunkel, Ornmental IPM extension specialist, University of Delaware.