| 4178061 |
cone worms |
Dioryctria spp. |
|
| 4178068 |
pine colaspis |
Colaspis pini |
note coloration change due to adult feeding |
| 4178045 |
hackberry nipple gall parasitoid |
Eurytoma semivenae |
gall split open to reveal parasitoid |
| 4178078 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
mounds |
| 4178086 |
Erythraeid mite |
Leptus spp. |
Mite parasitizing adult beetle. |
| 4178087 |
mite |
Dendrolaelaps neodisetus |
phoretic on southern pine beetle, adult |
| 4178070 |
whitefringed beetles |
Naupactus spp. |
|
| 4178071 |
pine webworm |
Pococera robustella |
showing webbing and frass |
| 4178072 |
forest tent caterpillar |
Malacosoma disstria |
masses encircling twig |
| 4178073 |
ambrosia beetle |
Euplatypus compositus |
in oak |
| 4178074 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
head & mouth parts |
| 4178075 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
on pine shoot |
| 4178076 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
worker, lateral view |
| 4178077 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
brood on fungus garden |
| 4178079 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
foraging |
| 4178080 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
biting on human finger, drawing blood |
| 4178081 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
bite on human finger w/ no ant in sight |
| 4178082 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
fungus garden & fresh leaves |
| 4178083 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
fungus cavity 8' deep |
| 4178084 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
cross-section of nest showing cavity |
| 4178085 |
phoretic mites |
Histiogaster arborsignis |
mites on southern pine beetle adult |
| 4178040 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
fungus garden |
| 4178041 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
excavation of colony with channels cemented |
| 4178051 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
feeding on SPB larva |
| 4178053 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
on bark |
| 4178054 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
preadult nearly ready to emerge |
| 4178055 |
cylindrical bark beetles |
Lasconotus referendarius |
|
| 4178056 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
in bark layer |
| 3037030 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
Distribution map for Texas and Louisiana, USA |
| 3037031 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
Calcasreu, Louisiana, USA
worker transporting smallstone |
| 3037032 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
cutting needle |
| 3037033 |
straw itch mite |
Pyemotes tritici |
Note the needle-like stylet used for piercing host |
| 3037034 |
Pyemotid mite |
Pyemotes barbara |
swelling (physogestry) 24 hours after initiation of feeding |
| 3047025 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
1:00 PM. See numbers |
| 3047026 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
2:00 PM. See numbers 3047025 & 3047027 |
| 3047027 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
12:00 PM. See numbers 304025 & 3047026 |
| 4178036 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
major worker, frontal closeup |
| 4178069 |
snout beetles or weevils |
|
emerging from stump |
| 4178062 |
pitch twig moth |
Retinia comstockiana |
twig gall |
| 4178058 |
cone worms |
Dioryctria spp. |
|
| 4178059 |
cone worms |
Dioryctria spp. |
|
| 4178060 |
cone worms |
Dioryctria spp. |
|
| 4178089 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
in pupal chamber |
| 4178090 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
in pupal chamber |
| 4178091 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
late pupa in pupal chamber |
| 4178057 |
southern pine beetle |
Dendroctonus frontalis |
Female on left, male on right with notch on head. |
| 4178044 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
after feeding on Southern pine beetle |
| 4178047 |
Tarsonemid mite |
Tarsonemus ips |
under thorax |
| 4178037 |
Texas leafcutting ant |
Atta texana |
worker clipping needle |
| 4178088 |
southern pine bark beetle mite parasitoid |
Pyemotes parviscolyti |
feeding on smaller European bark beetle |
| 0745012 |
checkered beetle |
Thanasimus dubius |
Mid instar larva feeding on late instar larva of Southern Pine Beetle. |
