Photo Gallery: Lawn, Tree and Ornamental Pests and Critters
Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) (strawberry, raspberry and cranberry pest; rhododendrons are also a host)
Raspberry Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis) (found feeding on a rhododendron in central Maine; 5/19/2021)
Raspberry Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis) (found feeding on a rhododendron in central Maine; 5/19/2021)
Raspberry Weevil (also known as the Clay-colored Weevil) (Otiorhynchus singularis) (very similar to the Black Vine Weevil) (this one was found feeding on a rhododendron in central Maine; 5/16/2021)
Browntail Moth (late instar caterpillar stage)
Browntail Caterpillars on a crabapple tree in Waterville, Maine; 5/12/2021 (Photo courtesy of Jamie Graves)
Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) (pictured here on a rose leaf but right beside several rhododendrons) (Etna, ME; 7/17/2012)
Dogwood Sawfly Larvae on a dogwood (middle instar stage) (7/17/2020) (Photo courtesy of Susan; Monroe, ME) (compare with adjacent photos of the final two instar stages which are very different)
Final larval instar of the Dogwood Sawfly (Macremphytus testaceus) (August 9th, 2009; Medway, Maine) (Similar to a White Pine Sawfly larva)
Dogwood Sawfly larvae [Photo courtesy of Val Libby, Blue Hill (Maine) on 1 Aug. 2021]
Eastern Ash Bark Beetle (Hylesinus aculeatus) (July 21st, 2021; from firewood in Pittsfield, Maine) (with three phoretic mites hitching a ride on its back)
A nest of Eastern Tent caterpillars
A mature Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Central Maine: June 24th)
Closeup view of an Eastern Tent Caterpillar egg mass
Comparing the Eastern Tent Caterpillar (bottom) with a Forest Tent Caterpillar (above). Both were feeding on the leaves of a wild apple tree. The Eastern tent caterpillars make silken nests in the forks of their host trees whereas the forest tent caterpillars make no nests at all, in spite of having “tent” in their name (Etna, ME; 6/5/2015)
