Friday, May 29, 2009

What's Hot HL Issue 9


Euonymus scale adults (gray = female, white = male). Photo provided by: Lisa Ames, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Pine bark adelgids. Photo provided by: Steven Katovich, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Xylosandrus germanus adult (ambrosia beetle). Photo provided by: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, , Bugwood.org

Xyleborinus saxeseni adult (Asian ambrosia beetle). Photo provided by: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, , Bugwood.org

Granulate ambrosia beetle feeding damage. Photo provided by: Laura Lazarus, North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, Bugwood.org

Weed Hotline Issue 9


Eastern poison ivy. Photo provided by: Gary Kling, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org

Diseae Hotline Issue 9


Ash rust. Photo provided by: Edward L. Barnard, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

Black spot on rose. Photo provided by: Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

Dutch elm disease early stage symptoms. Photo provided by: Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Dutch elm disease. Photo provided by: William Jacobi, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Symptoms of Dutch elm disease. Photo provided by: Fabio Stergulc, Università di Udine, Bugwood.org

Streaking of Dutch elm disease. Photo provided by: Paul H. Peacher, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Dutch elm disease fruiting bodies. Photo provided by: William Jacobi, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 9


Lady beetle feeding on pine needle scale adults. Photo provided by: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Pine needle scale adults. Photo provided by: Brytten Steed, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Friday, May 22, 2009

Weed Hotline Issue 8


Diagram of bermudagrass. Photo provided by: USDA PLANTS Database, USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Bugwood.org

Bermudagrass. Photo provided by: David J. Moorhead, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Disease Hotline Issue 8


Septoria leaf spot on chrysanthemums. Photo provided by: Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

Red thread. Photo provided by: Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

A close-up of the "Red Threads". (provided by Dr. Eric B. Nelson, Cornell University) Photo found at http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/FactSheets/redthread/redthread.htm


Insect Hotline Issue 8


Crawlers and egg masses of hemlock wooolly adelgids. Photo provided by: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, , Bugwood.org

Hemlock Woolly adelgid eggs. Photo provided by: Shimat Joseph, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

What's Hot Hotline Issue 8


Woolly beech aphids. Photo provided by: Haruta Ovidiu, University of Oradea, Bugwood.org

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

Cottony camellia scale infestation. Photo provided by: John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

What's Hot HL Issue 7


Sycamore anthracnose. Photo by: Bob Mulrooney, Plant Pathologist Specialist, University of Delaware.

Insect Hotline Issue 7


Stipling on Cotoneaster caused by hawthorn lace bugs. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware, Ornamentals IPM Specialist.

Adult hawthorn lace bug. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware, Ornamentals IPM Specialist.

Adult sycamore lace bug. Photo by: Maja Jurc, University of Ljubljana, Bugwood.org.

Azalea lace bug adult. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware, Ornamentals IPM Specialist.

Oak lace bug damage. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware, Ornamentals IPM Specialist.

Oak lace bug nymphs. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, University of Delaware, Ornamentals IPM Specialist.

Adult oak lace bug. Photo by: Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org.

Disease Hotline Issue 7


Frogeye leafspot on apple caused by Botryosphaeria obtusa. Photo by: Bob Mulrooney, Plant Pathologist Specialist, University of Delaware.

Powdery Mildew on flowering dogwood. Photo by: Bob Mulrooney, Plant Pathologist Specialist, University of Delaware.

Friday, May 8, 2009

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.