Gary Alpert's Images
Title: EntomologistOrganization: Harvard University
Unit: Environmental Health & Safety
Country: United States
Web: http://www.uos.harvard.edu/ehs/pest_control/
I have been the entomologist for Harvard University for the last 25 years. I initiated an urban IPM program around 1981 and developed an expertise in museum, library, research, food service, housing and general urban pest control using IPM technology. My Ph.D. in Biology was from Harvard University in 1981 and after controlling the Pharaoh's ant with juvenile hormone (worked with Carol Williams), as a graduate student, Harvard University created a position for me as an entomologist for the university. During the last 25 years I have also worked "on the side" as a consultant for the US Military, EPA, World Bank, and many other institutions. My specific area of expertise is social insects, especially ants. For the last decade I have been working to improve images of insects and urban pests for educational purposes. I have a fully automated Automonatage system at the Museum of Comparative Zoology and I am working as an adjunct faculty member at U Mass Boston to create electronic field guides. Through a grant, I have a Cannon 20D digital camera with 65 mm macro lens for field photos. |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5380216 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | fecal drops |
| 5380160 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380181 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
| 5380149 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380189 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | German cockroach infestation evidence on and around a tamper resistant rodent bait station. |
| 5380190 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | German cockroach infestation in a tamper resistant rodent bait station. |
| 5380191 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Evidence of german cockroach infestation in a rodent bait station. |
| 5380192 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Bait station |
| 5380214 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | egg case |
| 5380215 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | egg case and nymph |
| 5380182 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Caught on sticky trap |
| 5380183 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
| 5380184 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Nymphs and adults caught on a sticky trap indicating the trap may have been placed near a nest. |
| 5380185 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
| 5380188 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Inspection at a german cockroach infestation. Floor-level |
| 5380194 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | When inspecting for pests it is important to think like the pest: above and below your normal line of sight. A flashlight is essential to a good inspection. |
| 5380195 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | on trap |
| 5380196 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | cockroach caught on a sticky trap. |
| 5380199 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Caught on sticky trap |
| 5380200 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Egg case surrounded by nymphs on a sticky trap. |
| 5380201 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
| 5380202 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | various nymphal stages caught on trap |
| 5380203 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | roach material stuck to trap |
| 5380204 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Female and male (under/left) German cockroaches |
| 5380205 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
| 5380206 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
| 5380207 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Head and thorax |
| 5380208 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | Adult and nymphs on sticky trap. |
| 5380209 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | |
| 5380210 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | nymph caught on sticky trap |
| 5380211 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | nymphs caught on sticky trap |
| 5380212 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | nymph caught on sticky trap |
| 5380213 | German cockroach | Blattella germanica | nymph caught on sticky trap |
| 5380177 | brownbanded cockroach | Supella longipalpa | Fuzz from the fabric on which it was laid. |
| 5380101 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult stuck on a sticky trap. |
| 5380108 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult and nymphs stuck on a glue board. |
| 5380113 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult and nymph stuck on a glue board. |
| 5380115 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Nymph stuck to a glue board next to adult. |
| 5380116 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Nymph stuck to a glue board next to an adult's leg. |
| 5380118 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult on a glue board (nymph to the right) |
| 5380127 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg case |
| 5380128 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380129 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | frass |
| 5380130 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | frass |
| 5380132 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg case on fabric |
| 5380133 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg case on fabric |
| 5380134 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380135 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult on a sticky trap. |
| 5380136 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult on a sticky trap. |
| 5380137 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult on a sticky trap. |
| 5380138 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Adult on a sticky trap. |
| 5380139 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Nymph on ground (note the wing from an adult to the left). |
| 5380140 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Nymph on the ground (note the wings from dead adults) |
| 5380141 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Nymph on the ground (note adult wings at the top of the photo) |
| 5380143 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | dead adults |
| 5380144 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg cases and wings |
| 5380145 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg cases and wings |
| 5380146 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | shed exoskeleton of a nymph and egg cases |
| 5380150 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg cases |
| 5380151 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg cases and wings on the ground. Possible evidence of a rat infestation because rats love to eat the bodies of american cockroaches. |
| 5380152 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg cases |
| 5380153 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | egg cases |
| 5380155 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380157 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Nymph |
| 5380158 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | Nymph on the ground |
| 5380121 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380122 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380123 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | fecal droppings |
| 5380109 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380110 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380112 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | fecal droppings |
| 5380124 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | fecal droppings |
| 5380125 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana | |
| 5380126 | American cockroach | Periplaneta americana |
