David Cappaert's Images
Title: Research EntomologistOrganization: Michigan State University
Unit: Entomology
Country: United States
I am a researcher, working with Michigan State University since 2002 on the emerald ash borer. EAB is a pest with the potential to essentially eliminate a major hardwood species from the US. The scientific questions are broad, interesting and consequential. A recent focus has been on Atanycolus, a native parasitoid of EAB. For an entomologist, the downside of research is the generally limited focus--one species, one system. So photography is my excuse to explore a wider range of flora/fauna. |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5490015 | thread-waisted wasp | Bicyrtes quadrifasciata | They dig burrows(you can see a sand particle in the mandibles) into which they place flies for their larvae to eat. |
| 5490035 | spider wasps | Foraging on milkweed flowers. | |
| 5490051 | big sand tiger beetle | Cicindela formosa | Collected from sand dune, Hancock Lake. |
| 5490052 | carpenter ants | Camponotus spp. | |
| 5490063 | carpenter ants | Camponotus spp. | |
| 5490074 | carpenter ants | Camponotus spp. | |
| 5490093 | syrphid or flower flies | Syrphid larva feeding on aphid. | |
| 5490094 | syrphid or flower flies | Syrphid larva feeding on oleander aphid. | |
| 5490026 | Sphecid wasp | Ammophila spp. | Wasp transporting caterpillar to nest. |
| 5490033 | spider wasps | Pompilid wasp with spider prey. | |
| 5490034 | great golden digger wasp | Sphex ichneumoneus | Wasp on milkweed flowers. |
| 5490053 | big sand tiger beetle | Cicindela formosa | |
| 5490056 | funnel web spider | Agelenopsis spp. | |
| 5490071 | long-jawed orbweavers | ||
| 5490072 | long-jawed orbweavers | ||
| 5490113 | lacewings | ||
| 2131053 | checkered beetle | ||
| 2159008 | Syrphid fly | Ocyptamus fuscipennis | |
| 2131054 | diurnal firefly | Ellychnia corrusca | |
| 2133017 | ants | Formica spp. | Southeast Michigan |
| 2133022 | six-spotted tiger beetle | Cicindela sexguttata | Southeast Michigan |
| 2132095 | lacewings | Dade County FL, Mar 03, 06 | |
| 2133016 | ants | Formica spp. | Southeast Michigan |
| 2158087 | long-jawed orbweaver | Tetragnatha spp. | |
| 2158088 | long-jawed orbweaver | Tetragnatha spp. | |
| 2106099 | goldenrod solider beetle | Chauliognathus pensylvanicus | |
| 2107024 | ants | Formica spp. | With aphids |
| 2146040 | robber flies | Dioctria spp. | with prey |
| 2158031 | banded net-winged beetle | Calopteron reticulatum | |
| 2158022 | European earwig | Forficula auricularia | |
| 2158023 | checkered beetles | Enoclerus spp. | |
| 2158033 | red-blue checkered beetle | Trichodes nutalli | |
| 2187007 | ebony jewelwing | Calopteryx maculata | |
| 2146041 | robber flies | Dioctria spp. | with prey |
| 2158034 | European earwig | Forficula auricularia | |
| 2158029 | fireflies | Photinus spp. | |
| 2187002 | multicolored Asian lady beetle | Harmonia axyridis | |
| 1113006 | calico pennant | Celithemis elisa | June 2003, Pigeon River, MI. |
| 2106083 | widow skimmer | Libellula luctuosa | |
| 5402623 | flat bark beetle | Cucujus clavipes | |
| 2146039 | robber flies | with prey | |
| 2116062 | robber flies | ||
| 2107022 | ants | Formica spp. | With aphids |
| 2158086 | long-jawed orbweaver | Tetragnatha spp. | |
| 2106054 | ambush bugs | Phymata spp. | |
| 2158078 | anchor stink bug | Stiretrus anchorago | |
| 2107002 | multicolored Asian lady beetle | Harmonia axyridis | |
| 2146018 | eastern forktail | Ischnura verticalis | |
| 2146023 | long-jawed orbweaver | Tetragnatha spp. | |
| 2116043 | ambush bugs | Phymata spp. | |
| 2146017 | slaty skimmer | Libellula incesta | |
| 2158012 | green lacewings | Chrysoperla spp. | |
| 2158084 | powdered dancer | Argia moesta | |
| 2107015 | syrphid or flower flies | ||
| 2116056 | mantids | ||
| 2158082 | blue-fronted dancer | Argia apicalis | |
| 5255059 | syrphid or flower flies | ||
| 2158081 | common whitetail | Libellula lydia | |
| 2158083 | twelve-spotted skimmer | Libellula pulchella | |
| 2146016 | eastern forktail | Ischnura verticalis | |
| 2158030 | fireflies | Photinus spp. | |
| 2158079 | Eastern pondhawk | Erythemis simplicicollis | |
| 2107026 | paper wasp | Polistes dominula | |
| 2107038 | paper wasps | Polistes spp. | |
| 2107039 | paper wasp | Polistes dominula | |
| 2131038 | syrphid or flower flies | ||
| 2131036 | mealybug destroyer | Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | |
| 2158080 | common whitetail | Libellula lydia | |
| 2106072 | bluet damselflies | Enallagma spp. | |
| 2106044 | common whitetail | Libellula lydia | Female |
| 5424180 | flower spider | Misumena spp. | |
| 5424140 | carpenter ants | Camponotus spp. | Camponotus ant tending Poplar leaf aphid, Chaitophorus populicola |
| 5424172 | meadowhawk dragonfly | Sympetrum rubicundulum | |
| 5424154 | assassin bugs | Sinea spp. | |
| 5424156 | assassin bugs | Sinea spp. | |
| 5424120 | red-blue checkered beetle | Trichodes nutalli | |
| 5424178 | European earwig | Forficula auricularia | |
| 5424152 | robber flies | ||
| 5403464 | rove beetle | Dalotia coriaria | |
| 5403465 | rove beetle | Dalotia coriaria | |
| 5403505 | short-stalked damselflies | Argia spp. | |
| 5403494 | lacewings | green lacewing | |
| 5403487 | robber flies | ||
| 5403488 | robber flies | Holcocephala spp. | |
| 5403489 | robber flies | ||
| 5403476 | ambush bugs | Phymata spp. | |
| 5403467 | lady beetle | ||
| 5403469 | sevenspotted lady beetle | Coccinella septempunctata | with aphid prey |
| 5403460 | baldfaced hornet | Dolichovespula maculata | |
| 5402621 | diurnal firefly | Ellychnia corrusca | |
| 5402622 | diurnal firefly | Ellychnia corrusca | |
| 5402620 | diurnal firefly | Ellychnia corrusca | |
| 5255068 | slender spreadwing | Lestes rectangularis | |
| 5255069 | slender spreadwing | Lestes rectangularis | |
| 5376033 | unicorn clubtail | Arigomphus villosipes | |
| 5381047 | great black wasp | Sphex pensylvanicus | |
| 5381048 | great black wasp | Sphex pensylvanicus | |
| 5381049 | great black wasp | Sphex pensylvanicus | |
| 5381054 | paper wasp | Polistes dominula | |
| 5381055 | paper wasp | Polistes dominula | |
| 5381081 | black saddlebags | Tramea lacerata | |
| 5376027 | eastern forktail | Ischnura verticalis | |
| 5381068 | robber flies | Efferia spp. | |
| 5381082 | black saddlebags | Tramea lacerata | |
| 5382020 | bluet damselflies | Enallagma spp. | |
| 5382006 | Norht American harvester butterfly | Feniseca tarquinius | |
| 5382007 | paper wasps | Polistes spp. | |
| 5382013 | six-spotted tiger beetle | Cicindela sexguttata | |
| 5382018 | syrphid or flower flies | ||
| 5382021 | twelve-spotted skimmer | Libellula pulchella | |
| 5382022 | dobsonfly | Corydalus cornutus | |
| 5389003 | mealybug destroyer | Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | |
| 5389016 | funnel web spider | Agelenopsis spp. | |
| 5389024 | assassin bug | Zelus luridus | |
| 5255063 | jumping spider | Phidippus clarus | |
| 5255064 | jumping spider | Phidippus clarus | |
| 2116063 | jumping spider | Phidippus princeps | |
| 5110037 | jumping spider | Phidippus princeps | |
| 5005082 | meadowhawks | Sympetrum spp. | |
| 5005078 | stalked-winged damselflies | ||
| 5005077 | stalked-winged damselflies | ||
| 5110028 | ground beetles | Agonum spp. | |
| 5376029 | dobsonfly | Corydalus cornutus | |
| 5376028 | twelve-spotted skimmer | Libellula pulchella | |
| 5376025 | syrphid or flower flies | ||
| 5376020 | six-spotted tiger beetle | Cicindela sexguttata | |
| 5376014 | paper wasps | Polistes spp. | |
| 5381083 | funnel web spider | Agelenopsis spp. | |
| 5381080 | meadowhawks | Sympetrum spp. | |
| 5381072 | assassin bug | ||
| 5381069 | robber flies | Efferia spp. | |
| 5381066 | Syrphid flies | Eristalis spp. | |
| 5381053 | yellowjacket | Vespula spp. | |
| 5381052 | great golden digger wasp | Sphex ichneumoneus | |
| 5381050 | Sphecid wasp | Eremnophila aureonotata | |
| 5381051 | great golden digger wasp | Sphex ichneumoneus | |
| 5381023 | goldenrod solider beetle | Chauliognathus pensylvanicus | |
| 5371022 | orchard orbweaver | Leucauge venusta | |
| 5371014 | Syrphid flies | Eristalis spp. | |
| 5371011 | syrphid or flower flies | feeding on aphids | |
| 5371007 | six-spotted tiger beetle | Cicindela sexguttata | |
| 5371004 | checkered beetles | Enoclerus spp. | |
| 5343084 | mantid | Tenodera spp. | |
| 5343085 | mantid | Tenodera spp. | |
| 5343079 | stalked-winged damselflies | ||
| 5343083 | mantid | Tenodera spp. | |
| 5343051 | Syrphid fly | Eristalis transversus | |
| 5343067 | damsel bugs | ||
| 5343055 | Bombyliid flies | ||
| 5343054 | Bombyliid flies | ||
| 5343077 | Autumn meadowhawk | Sympetrum vicinum | |
| 5343078 | Autumn meadowhawk | Sympetrum vicinum | |
| 5343076 | Autumn meadowhawk | Sympetrum vicinum | |
| 5343070 | ambush bugs | Phymata spp. | |
| 5343063 | multicolored Asian lady beetle | Harmonia axyridis | preying on aphids |
| 5343048 | ants | Formica spp. | tending milkweed aphids |
| 5343037 | cicada killer | Sphecius speciosus | |
| 5351009 | brown lacewings | Micromus spp. | |
| 5351008 | brown lacewings | Micromus spp. | |
| 5255065 | ebony jewelwing | Calopteryx maculata | |
| 5255018 | paper wasp | Polistes dominula | |
| 5255019 | paper wasp | Polistes dominula | |
| 5255025 | ants | Formica spp. | tending aphids |
| 5255029 | robber flies | ||
| 5255031 | six-spotted tiger beetle | Cicindela sexguttata | |
| 5255033 | six-spotted tiger beetle | Cicindela sexguttata | with prey |
| 5255037 | multicolored Asian lady beetle | Harmonia axyridis | Larva attacking aphid mummy |
| 5255038 | sevenspotted lady beetle | Coccinella septempunctata | attacking aphids |
| 5255042 | lacewings | eggs with aphid | |
| 5255043 | lacewings | with aphid prey | |
| 5255044 | lacewings | with aphid prey | |
| 5255046 | lacewings | with aphid prey | |
| 5255054 | wasp mantidfly | Climaciella brunnea | |
| 5178031 | robber flies | ||
| 5110035 | bluet damselflies | Enallagma spp. | |
| 5005079 | Autumn meadowhawk | Sympetrum vicinum | |
| 5005080 | Autumn meadowhawk | Sympetrum vicinum | |
| 5006001 | Agelenid spider |
