- Blackheaded fireworm egg
- Blackheaded fireworm eggs on cranberry leaves (ordinarily a single leaf would not have multiple eggs on it, but the moths were held in captivity with very few leaves at their disposal)
- Closer view of the Blackheaded fireworm egg shown in the adjacent (left) photo
- A pair of Blackheaded fireworm eggs on the underside of a cranberry leaf
- Three hatched/empty blackheaded fireworm eggs
- Empty Blackheaded fireworm eggs on the underside of a cranberry leaf (7/20/16); the moth that deposited the eggs was in captivity with only a few cranberry uprights/leaves at her disposal.
- Blackheaded fireworm larva (full-sized; final instar)
- Blackheaded fireworm larva
- A 1st-generation blackheaded fireworm larva, downeast Maine – June 17th, 2019. Look for the shiny black head to help with identification.
- Cranberry leaves damaged by Blackheaded fireworm larvae (they feed by skeletonizing the leaves)
- A fireworm-damaged cranberry leaf (left) next to an undamaged cranberry leaf (right)
- Two cranberry leaves with feeding injury from Blackheaded fireworm larvae
- A cranberry tip occupied by a Blackheaded fireworm larva (in Maine, be watchful for this in June each year)
- Cranberry tips pulled/webbed together and occupied by a Blackheaded fireworm larva
- Another example of some cranberry tips pulled and webbed together by a Blackheaded fireworm larva (some frass is also visible in this picture: little black droppings that are visible on the lower leaves)
- Another cranberry tip damaged by a Blackheaded fireworm larva hidden between the leaves
- A cranberry bed with a noticeable dark area that was ravaged by Blackheaded fireworm larvae (2nd-generation larvae) (photographed August 20th – downeast Maine) (be watchful in July and August for the 2nd generation of larvae)
- A pair of Blackheaded fireworm pupae (photographed June 21st in central Maine)
- Blackheaded fireworm adult/moth (they are quite small)
- A Blackheaded fireworm moth (picture taken June 22nd – central Maine)