Lance S. Risley's Images
Title: Associate ProfessorOrganization: William Paterson University
Unit: Department of Biology
Country: United States
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1791028 | buck moth | Hemileuca maia | mid to late season leaf feeder especially on oaks, possesses urticating spines |
| 1791020 | prominent moths | Schizura spp. | mid to late leaf feeder on especilly oaks |
| 1791016 | decorated owlet moth | Pangrapta decoralis | Mid season leaf feeder observed on sourwood. Nocturnal feeder and known petiole clipper. Hides during day on undersides of undamaged leaves. Very cryptic. Observed to cause considerable mid season damage to sourwood foliage. Reared for positive determination. |
| 1791025 | greenstriped mapleworm | Dryocampa rubicunda | feeds on leaves of red maple, often found several on one branch, major leaf veins intact, attacked leaves with tattered appearance |
| 1791013 | American dagger moth | Acronicta americana | late season leaf feeder on red maple,known petiole clipper, note "dishwater blonde" long setae plus paired mid-body black hairpencils plus posterior black hairpencils. Head is black. |
| 1791004 | tulip-tree beauty | Epimecis hortaria | note thick-set body, characteristic enlarged thoracic area, and thin lines on thorax. Mid season leaf feeder on tulip poplar |
| 1791047 | tuliptree leaf spot gall midge | Resseliella liriodendri | early season gall former, galls persistant as brown spots on leaves until autumn, each gall with one orange-colored larva |
| 1791029 | orangestriped oakworm | Anisota senatoria | eggs shells and several caterpillars feeding on same leaf |
| 1791035 | ash sphinx | Manduca jasminearum | late season leaf feeder, bright patches on sides on caterpillar become "subdued" to lost in later instars |
| 1791054 | locust twig borer | Ecdytolopha insiticiana | note brownish/reddish color of larva and damage in twig |
| 1791014 | dagger moths | Acronicta spp. | late season leaf feeder especially in oaks |
| 1791015 | copper underwing | Amphipyra pyramidoides | early season polyphagous leaf feed, note green color, yellow markings, and pyramid-shaped abdominal hump |
| 1791002 | hickory tussock moth | Lophocampa caryae | late instar larvae occur singly on vegetation |
| 1791003 | fall webworm | Hyphantria cunea | note individuals inside silk tent |
| 1791008 | eastern tent caterpillar | Malacosoma americanum | early season leaf feeder on cherry trees, familiar tent serves as shelter between group feeding excursions |
| 1791009 | forest tent caterpillar | Malacosoma disstria | |
| 1791010 | skiff moth | Prolimacodes badia | Mid to late season leaf feeder |
| 1791012 | tussock moths | Dasychira spp. | early to late season polyphagous leaf feefer |
| 1791027 | imperial moth | Eacles imperialis | late season leaf feeder, occurs in either light green or brown color morph |
| 1791018 | eightspotted forester | Alypia octomaculata | late season leaf feeder on woody vines, note characterisitic color pattern and abdominal hump |
| 1791019 | unicorn caterpillar | Schizura unicornis | mid to late season leaf feeder, gregarious during early instars, note egg shells |
| 1791021 | yellownecked caterpillar | Datana ministra | typical group feeding and resulting skeletonization of leaf |
| 1791023 | common buckeye | Junonia coenia | widespread, common species, feed on herbaceous plants |
| 1791024 | swallowtail butterflies | Papilio spp. | early to mid to late season leaf feeder, common on tulip poplar, also eats sassafras,everts bright orange, butyric smelling osmetaria when disturbed, dispersing pre-pupal larvae are brown |
| 1791036 | grape sawfly | Waldheimia vitis | note double row of sharp, black tubercles on each segment, feed in groups on undersides of leaves, tattered appearance of attacked leaf is apparent |
| 1791037 | locust digitate leaf miner | Parectopa robiniella | note finger-like lobes of mine, mine often begins in central part of leaflet |
| 1791038 | tupelo leafminer | Antispila nysaefoliella | may be multiple mines per leaf,note larva within 2 or 3 mines, mature larva cuts elliptical hole from leaf mine, sandwiches itself between epidermal layers of cut-out pieces, drops to ground, and pupates |
| 1791039 | leaf blotch miner moth | early season leaf miner, note serpentine nature mine and its silvery appearance, note upper left of leaf where small fold, made by larva, shelters pupal case | |
| 1791040 | leaf blotch miner moth | leaf miner causing dramatic early season premature green hickory leaflet abscission throughout coves in Coweeta basin, linear mine procedes development of blotch min, miner develops in fallen leaflet, emerges from mine and pupates in leaf litter | |
| 1791041 | leaf blotch miner moth | mid to late season leaf miner | |
| 1791042 | leaf blotch miner moth | mid to late season leaf miner, note larva in mine | |
| 1791043 | double-humped Pococera moth | Pococera expandens | leaf feeder found in groups within several leaves rolled with silk, note characteristic stripes and patterned head capsule |
| 1791046 | tulip-tree leaftier moth | Paralobesia liriodendrana | early season leaf feeder, Bivoltine? note characteristic folding of leaf, necrotic areas resulted from skeletonization of underside of leaf by larva, larva occur singly with silk shelters |
| 1791030 | polyphemus moth | Antheraea polyphemus | late season leaf feeder, newly molted early instar larva with old "skin" at larva's posterior |
| 1791031 | luna moth | Actias luna | late season leaf feeder, note yellow lines running between red spiracles |
| 1791032 | tuliptree silkmoth | Callosamia angulifera | mid to late season leaf feeder, often seen in groups, feeds primarily at night, know petiole clipper |
| 1791048 | wool sower gall maker | Callirhytis seminator | Gall is same size as oak apple gall but differs in a wooly exterior that is fuzzy, white with brown spots. |
| 1791050 | predacious stink bug | Apateticus cynicus | early season entomophage of caterpillars and other soft-bodied insects |
| 1791051 | syrphid or flower flies | occuring in early and late season; note the maggot appearance | |
| 1791052 | oak treehopper | Platycotis vittata | phloem feeder on twigs, occur in groups often accompanied by adult female. Note adult to right. An adult flatid in upper right of photo |
| 1791053 | locust twig borer | Ecdytolopha insiticiana | mid to late season twig borer. Note tell-tale frass pushed out of bore hole. |
| 1791055 | green lacewings | Chrysopa spp. | note characteristic stalked eggs on leaf surface |
| 1791056 | elm spanworm | Ennomos subsignaria | outbreak occurred at Coweeta Hydrologic Lab, DDT was used to "eradicate" the pest; circa 1960 |
| 1791057 | wheel bug | Arilus cristatus | entomophagous, note characteristic milk jug appearance and small number of eggs |
| 1791058 | greenstriped mapleworm | Dryocampa rubicunda | eggs ready to hatch, less "mature" eggs are creamy yellow |
| 1791063 | whiteflies | small black specks with white borders |
