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  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) near decaying soft wood that it was eating. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-7.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-25.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle larva (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-15.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-2.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-4.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-21.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-12.jpg
  • A giant root borer beetle (Prionus californicus) boring through decaying soft wood. Colevlle National Forest, Washington. These beetle larva typically attack the roots and root ball of trees. They are considered a forest pest as they often kill the trees they infest
    giant_root_borer_beetle_102907Lva-11.jpg
  • A dobson fly larvae (Corydalus cornutus). These aquatic larvae are carnivorous and will feed on anything they can get their mandibles around including small fish. collected from a small pond in the Lost Pines Forest, Central Texas.
    dobson_fly_larvae_32109hgm-31.jpg
  • Douglas Fir Glowworm (Pterotus obscuripennis) displaying  bio-luminescence at night. Tillamook State Forest, coastal mountains, Oregon.
    Douglas_Fir_Glowworm-DurM77.jpg
  • Douglas Fir Glowworm (Pterotus obscuripennis) displaying  bio-luminescence at night. Tillamook State Forest, coastal mountains, Oregon.
    Douglas_Fir_Glowworm-DurM76.jpg
  • Douglas Fir Glowworm (Pterotus obscuripennis) displaying  bio-luminescence at night. Tillamook State Forest, coastal mountains, Oregon.
    Douglas_Fir_Glowworm-DurM75.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81912CmSt2.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-121.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-127.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-109.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-106.jpg
  • A house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) on rotting wood. Western Washington. House centipedes feed on small insects, insect larvae, and on spiders. Thus they are beneficial, though most homeowners take a different point-of-view and consider them a nuisance. Technically, the house centipede could bite, but it is considered harmless to people.
    FS5210HC1.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-488.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-31.jpg
  • A cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) in flight at the Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to control noxious ragwort weeds.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50 - 75% on sites favorable for their survivorship. Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larvae hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-IMG_4801.jpg
  • A house centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) on rotting wood. Western Washington. House centipedes feed on small insects, insect larvae, and on spiders. Thus they are beneficial, though most homeowners take a different point-of-view and consider them a nuisance. Technically, the house centipede could bite, but it is considered harmless to people.
    FS5210HC2.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-519.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-455.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-401.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-36.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-19.jpg
  • An iridescent cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae sp.) in flight. Photographed in The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in NE Oregon. The name 'cuckoo wasp' is attributed to the fact that this insect, like the cuckoo bird, lays her eggs in the nest of an unsuspecting host. This insect was photographed after being spotted following small leafcutter bees to their nest with the plan of laying an egg in a larvae chamber of the host bee, concealing her activity by re-sealing the hole she made, and then leaving and allowing her offspring to kill and consume the host larvae, in some cases with occasional feedings by the host. Please note: The background of this image was digitally expanded to allow for better composition.
    _iridescent_cuckoo_wasp_63006ZHS1.jpg
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