Photo Gallery: Critters of Medical and Veterinary Significance
American Cockroach (female)
American Cockroach (female)
Egg Case (Ootheca) from an American Cockroach
American Cockroaches (Male versus Female)
Bald-faced Hornets (guarding their nest)
Bald-faced Hornet (closer view)
Bed Bug (adult)
Size Comparisons: Adult Bed Bug (Left), Bed Bug Nymph (Middle), and Sesame Seed (Right)
(additional example) Bed Bug (adult)
(additional example) Bed Bug (adult)
Bot Fly (Genus Cuterebra) (likely either the Mouse Bot, C. fontinella, or Rabbit Bot, C. buccata) (Portland, ME; 6/18/2022) (Photo courtesy of Hazen Camber)
Browntail Moth (late instar caterpillar stage)
Browntail Moth (late-instar caterpillars feeding on wild apple leaves; Lincolnville Center, ME – 6/5/2019)
Browntail Moth (late instar caterpillar on a wild apple leaf; Lincolnville Center, ME – 6/5/2019)
Browntail Caterpillars on a crabapple tree in Waterville, Maine; 5/12/2021 (Photo courtesy of Jamie Graves)
Browntail Moths; note the brown ‘tail’ at the end of the abdomen (Kennebec County, Maine, 7/1/2021)
Closer view of some Browntail Moths from the adjacent photo (Kennebec County, Maine, 7/1/2021)
Example of an unfortunate reaction to the Browntail caterpillar hairs on a person’s fingers. May 23rd, 2022.
Example of a typical reaction to the Browntail caterpillar hairs on a person’s arm. July 12th, 2021.
An example of a bad case of the skin rash that the hairs from the browntail caterpillars–and later on their cocoons–can cause. Staff Photo, taken 5/26/21.
Female Deer Ticks — adult (left) and a nymph (right); female deer ticks–adults as well as nymphs–are capable of spreading Lyme disease. (see alsoTick Photos)
Deer Tick and Dog Tick (side-by-side comparison) (both are non-engorged / have not fed; both are females) (see alsoTick Photos)
Engorged Ticks (Deer Tick versus Dog Tick) (see alsoTick Photos)
