| 5490400 |
sevenspotted lady beetle |
Coccinella septempunctata |
sevenspotted lady beetle feeding on crawlers |
| 5488967 |
golden loosestrife beetle |
Galerucella pusilla |
heavy defoliation by leaf beetle |
| 0580015 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
site before release |
| 1599337 |
convergent lady beetle |
Hippodamia convergens |
beneficials on peanuts |
| 1595834 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595835 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595833 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595830 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595831 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595832 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595827 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595828 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595826 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595823 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595824 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595825 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595822 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595821 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1595819 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
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| 1594272 |
flower feeding weevil |
Nanophyes marmoratus |
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| 1594267 |
flower feeding weevil |
Nanophyes marmoratus |
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| 1594241 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
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| 1594222 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
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| 1594220 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
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| 1594217 |
musk thistle head weevil |
Rhinocyllus conicus |
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| 5454481 |
klamathweed beetle |
Chrysolina quadrigemina |
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| 5454482 |
klamathweed beetle |
Chrysolina quadrigemina |
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| 5440191 |
mealybug destroyer |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri |
The coccinellid beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, has been established as a biocontrol in Florida. It is a documented predator of Nipaecoccus viridis, with both larvae and adults feeding on the mealybug. Photo taken 1 OCT 2010 in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. |
| 5440192 |
mealybug destroyer |
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri |
The coccinellid beetle, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, has been established as a biocontrol in Florida. It is a documented predator of Nipaecoccus viridis, with both larvae and adults feeding on the mealybug. Photo taken 1 OCT 2010 in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. |
| 0886047 |
brown-legged spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona lacertosa |
"Windmill" release site; note yellow flowers (before release) at Watson Farm |
| 4723009 |
alligatorweed flea beetle |
Agasicles hygrophila |
mats are often completely defoliated by the beetle. Wiley Durden collected beetles by "walking on water" during the initial establishment phase of the program |
| 1291034 |
flower feeding weevil |
Nanophyes marmoratus |
Releasing adults on caged purple loosestrife plants |
| 1291036 |
black-margined loosestrife beetle |
Galerucella calmariensis |
Infestation after release (2003) (See pic# 1291035 for before) |
| 1291031 |
black-margined loosestrife beetle |
Galerucella calmariensis |
Large mesh cages used to rear biocontrol agents |
| 5436199 |
Canada thistle stem mining weevil |
Ceutorhynchus litura |
Canada thistle infestation is minor beyond shaded zone where crown root weevils were abundant. Some Urophora cardui present in shade, but few crown root weevils. |
| 5435855 |
black-margined loosestrife beetle |
Galerucella calmariensis |
Horseshoe Lake late summer 2004 beginning of Galerucella outbreak during second generation, few plants flowered |
| 5436277 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
Mecinus East site AFTER control Dufur, OR 2007 |
| 5436278 |
stem-boring weevil |
Mecinus janthinus |
Mecinus West site AFTER control Dufur, OR 2007 |
| 5435877 |
root-boring weevil |
Hylobius transversovittatus |
rearing pools for adult weevils. Infested plants are dug up in late winter or early spring, then placed in rearing pools in a greenhouse. Lights turned on in the night help to locate adults feeding on leaves. The moat keeps them from getting out of the pool. |
| 5435878 |
root-boring weevil |
Hylobius transversovittatus |
rearing pools for adult weevils. Infested plants are dug up in late winter or early spring, then placed in rearing pools in a greenhouse. Lights turned on in the night help to locate adults feeding on leaves. The moat keeps them from getting out of the pool. |
| 5435880 |
root-boring weevil |
Hylobius transversovittatus |
rearing pools for adult weevils. Infested plants are dug up in late winter or early spring, then placed in rearing pools in a greenhouse. Lights turned on in the night help to locate adults feeding on leaves. The moat keeps them from getting out of the pool. |
| 1294058 |
lady beetle |
Scymnus suturalis |
A predator of several adelgids including hemlock woolly adelgid |
| 5435758 |
lesser knapweed flower weevil |
Larinus minutus |
Tygh Valley OR site in 2007, plant reduction over 90% |
| 3970080 |
black dot spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona nigriscutis |
N-Bar Ranch, Grass Range, Montana, four years after release of beetle |
| 5405735 |
Mediterranean tamarisk beetle |
Diorhabda elongata |
Salt Cedar biological control |
| 5330080 |
brown-legged spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona lacertosa |
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| 5330083 |
brown-legged spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona lacertosa |
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| 5330084 |
brown-legged spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona lacertosa |
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| 5330085 |
brown-legged spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona lacertosa |
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| 5330086 |
brown-legged spurge flea beetle |
Aphthona lacertosa |
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| 1317056 |
salvinia weevil |
Cyrtobagous salviniae |
Technician Eileen Porkorny (left) and Student Conservation Association member Laurie Bauer collect giant salvinia used for rearing the weevil Cyrtobagous Salviniae. |
| 5025089 |
scale picnic beetle |
Cybocephalus nipponicus |
adult beetles in container from supplier |
| 5025090 |
scale picnic beetle |
Cybocephalus nipponicus |
standard shipping container for 500 adult predators |
| 5025091 |
scale picnic beetle |
Cybocephalus nipponicus |
release of 500 adults on to juniper infested with juniper scale |
| 5025092 |
scale picnic beetle |
Cybocephalus nipponicus |
container set into juniper for release of 500 adults |
| 5025095 |
scale picnic beetle |
Cybocephalus nipponicus |
release of adults into infested euonymus |
| 5025096 |
scale picnic beetle |
Cybocephalus nipponicus |
release of 500 adults into and infested euonymus |
| 5026002 |
scale picnic beetle |
Cybocephalus nipponicus |
release of adults into infested euonymus |
| 1929043 |
salvinia weevil |
Cyrtobagous salviniae |
Werombi creek in temperate Australia, near Sydney, three years after the weevil was released |
| 2131039 |
pilose checkered beetle |
Chariessa pilosa |
Adult beetle feeding on adult eamerald ash borer |
| 1355042 |
salvinia weevil |
Cyrtobagous salviniae |
Giant salvinia damaged by Cyrtobagous salviniae, a weevil whose larvae are extremely effective biocontrol agents against this water weed. |
| 1291035 |
black-margined loosestrife beetle |
Galerucella calmariensis |
Infestation before (1998) release (See Pic# 1291036) for after |
| 1291026 |
black-margined loosestrife beetle |
Galerucella calmariensis |
Collecting beetles using tap-and-funnel method |
| 1294053 |
lady beetle |
Sasajiscymnus tsugae |
This beetle has been released as a biological control agent throughout eastern hemlocks range |
| 1441126 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
mites on beetle |
| 1419113 |
leaf-rolling weevil |
Homoeolabus analis |
Pterocolus ovatus "thief Weevil" (predator) entering nidus in sawtooth oak then eats and destroys the egg |
| 3943098 |
lady beetle |
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Ladybird beetle feeding on a colony of scale insects, Republic of Cyprus |
| 2253060 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
woodpecker feeding on beetles in/under bark |
| 3046091 |
cottonwood leaf beetle |
Chrysomela scripta |
lady beetle larvae feeding on eggs |
| 2252068 |
mountain pine beetle |
Dendroctonus ponderosae |
being eaten by adult beetle predator |
| 0745089 |
southern pine beetle |
Dendroctonus frontalis |
larva being parasitized by dipterian larva |
| 3226045 |
forest caterpillar hunter |
Calosoma sycophanta |
adult on pine tree bole |
| 3226094 |
V-marked lady beetle |
Neoharmonia venusta |
immature feeding on pine needle scale |
| 4723004 |
alligatorweed flea beetle |
Agasicles hygrophila |
adults and larvae devour leaves and upper portions of stems |
