What's Hot HL Issue 18

Off color green and white specks on bald cypress indicate bald cypress rust mites. Photo provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware

Close-up of a rust mite on Canada thistle. Photo provided by: Eric Erbe, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

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

Another view of locust leafminer damage. Photo provided by: Chris Evans, River to River CWMA, Bugwood.org

Locust leafminer life stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult [left to right]). Photo provided by: Bruce W. Kauffman, Tennessee Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org

Peony leaf blotch. Photo found at: http://www.plantpath.iastate.edu/pdc/node/137

Insect Hotline Issue 16

Distant view of bald cypress rust mite damge.

Bald cypress rust mite damage on branch (close-up).

Bald cypress rust mites.
All photos provided by Dr. Casey Sclar, Plant Health Care Division Leader, Longwood Gardens.

What's Hot HL 2

Juniper webworm larva. Image provided by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bugwood.org


Juniper webworm damage. Image provided by Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Archive, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Bugwood.org




White pine sheath mites. The small white images in the faint red circles are the mites. Image provided by http://woodypests.cas.psu.edu/PestDiagnosis/Pine.html