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

Insect Hotline Issue 10


Diagram of Gladiolus thrips and damage. Photo provided by: Art Cushman, USDA; Property of the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Entomology, Bugwood.org

Western Flower thrips and damage. Photo provided by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org

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

Privet thrips damage on privet. Photo provided by: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

What’s Hot HL Issue 6


Infestation of larch casebearers. Photo by: Milan Zubrik, Forest Research Institute – Slovakia, Bugwood.org.

Close-up of larch casebearer larva. Photo by: Ian Kimber, Bugwood.org.

Larch casebearer adult. Photo by: Ian Kimber, Bugwood.org.

Fire blight. Photo by: Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org.

Evidence of fire blight on trunk of a crabapple. Photo by: William Jacobi, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.

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

What’s Hot HL Issue 14


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.