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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1626092 | horned oak gall | Callirhytis cornigera | Horned oak galls are hard, woody swellings on the twigs. Small horns protrude through the surface of the gall, and a small stingless wasp develops in each horn. |
| 1122022 | wool sower gall maker | Callirhytis seminator | |
| 0717043 | Allegheny mound ant | Formica exsectoides | Mound |
| 0718013 | roseslug sawfly | Endelomyia aethiops | |
| 1627038 | European pine sawfly | Neodiprion sertifer | Colonies can cause serious defoliation on red, Scotch, and mugo pine. |
| 5334085 | oak saucer gall | Andricus parmula | Wasp Gall |
| 5334079 | gouty oak gall | Callirhytis quercuspunctata | Wasp Gall |
| 5382319 | horned oak gall | Callirhytis cornigera | |
| 1626099 | European hornet | Vespa crabro | Girdled branches due to removal of bark to be used for nest building. |
| 1627039 | redheaded pine sawfly | Neodiprion lecontei | Sawflies can be distinguished from caterpillars by counting the number of fleshy prolegs they have. Caterpillars have five pairs or less; sawflies six pairs or more. The bright red heads easily identify this pest as the redheaded pine sawfly. |
| 1627041 | roseslug sawfly | Endelomyia aethiops | |
| 1626098 | European hornet | Vespa crabro | |
| 1122012 | European apple sawfly | Hoplocampa testudinea | damage to fruit |
