What’s Hot HL Issue 15


Spruce spider mite damage. Photo provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware

Close-up of spider mite damage. Photo provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware

A cicada killer. Photo provided by: Edward L. Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, Bugwood.org

Lilac/ash borer adult. Photo provided by: Daniel Herms, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org

Pupal case of a lilac/ash borer. Photo provided by: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

What’s Hot HL Issue 21


Fall webworms. Photo provided by: B. A. Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Extension Specialist, University of Delaware

Scoliid wasp. Photo provided by: B. A. Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Extension Specialist, University of Delaware

Cicada killer with prey. Photo provided by: Howard Ensign Evans, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Saddleback caterpillars. Photo provided by: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

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 17


Fall webworms and webbing on terminal branches. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.

Cicada killer adult. Photo provided by: Jessica Lawrence, NC State Entomology Department, Bugwood.org.

Cicadas captured and paralyzed by female cicada killer to provision her chambers. Photo by: Kenneth R. Law, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org.

Clavate tortoise beetle. Photo by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.

Thistle tortoise beetle. Photo by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.

Thistle tortoise beetle larva. Photo by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.

Rose midge larvae (white spots) on rose. Photo provided by: http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/rose_midge.htm.

Powdery mildew on flowering dogwood. Photo by: Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.

What’s Hot HL 19

Spider mite damage.
John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Spider mites feeding on leaf.
John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

Spider Mite Magnified.
Photo by David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org

Green June Beetle
Photo from University of Georgia Archives, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Cicada Killer and its Prey

Photo by Howard Ensign Evans, , Bugwood.org

Female Cicada Killer in Flight