{"id":728,"date":"2010-11-05T09:37:51","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T13:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/homeowner-ipm\/"},"modified":"2025-09-24T17:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:34:38","slug":"curiosities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/home\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/curiosities\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Curiosities"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id728_bc27bb-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id728_bc27bb-de > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id728_bc27bb-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1268px;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id728_bc27bb-de > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id728_bc27bb-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id728_bc27bb-de > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id728_bc27bb-de alignwide wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column728_4d2868-9c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column728_4d2868-9c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2>Photo Gallery: Curiosities<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly all of our caterpillar, butterfly and\/or moth entries are now in their own respective categories within our <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/\"><strong>Photo Gallery<\/strong><\/a> so please look there if you know you are looking for one of those insect types.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-728 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/AmericanCarrionBeetle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/AmericanCarrionBeetle-e1681486512779-150x134.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an American Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana) on a blade of wild chives\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5814\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5814'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Carrion Beetle (<i>Necrophila americana<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 6\/12\/2012)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/04\/Margined-Carrion-Beetle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"135\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/04\/Margined-Carrion-Beetle-e1681486325664-150x135.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Margined Carrion Beetle, Oiceoptoma noveboracense\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12943\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12943'>\n\t\t\t\tMargined Carrion Beetle (<i>Oiceoptoma noveboracense<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 4\/11\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Tree-Cattle-Barklice-nymphs-Cerastipsocus-venosus-080623a-JK.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Tree-Cattle-Barklice-nymphs-Cerastipsocus-venosus-080623a-JK-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Barklice nymphs of Cerastipsocus venosus (often called &quot;Tree Cattle&quot; due to their herding behavior) (Searsport, ME; 8\/6\/2023) (Photo courtesy of J. Kristo)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Tree-Cattle-Barklice-nymphs-Cerastipsocus-venosus-080623a-JK-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Tree-Cattle-Barklice-nymphs-Cerastipsocus-venosus-080623a-JK-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13212'>\n\t\t\t\tBarklice nymphs of <i>Cerastipsocus venosus<\/i> (often called &#8220;Tree Cattle&#8221; due to their herding behavior) (Searsport, ME; 8\/6\/2023) (Photo courtesy of J. Kristo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Tree-Cattle-Barklice-nymphs-Cerastipsocus-venosus-080623b-JK.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Tree-Cattle-Barklice-nymphs-Cerastipsocus-venosus-080623b-JK-e1691767664980-150x127.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Barklice nymphs of Cerastipsocus venosus (often called &quot;Tree Cattle&quot; due to their herding behavior) (Searsport, ME; 8\/6\/2023) (Photo courtesy of J. Kristo)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13213\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13213'>\n\t\t\t\tBarklice nymphs of <i>Cerastipsocus venosus<\/i> (often called &#8220;Tree Cattle&#8221; due to their herding behavior) (Searsport, ME; 8\/6\/2023) (Photo courtesy of J. Kristo)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Beautiful-Wood-nymph-Eudryas-grata-071325-MShepard.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Beautiful-Wood-nymph-Eudryas-grata-071325-MShepard-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a &quot;Beautiful Wood-nymph&quot; moth (Eudryas grata) (a very convincing bird-dropping mimic) (on Vitis vinifera - common grape vine; Naples, ME; 7\/13\/2025) (Photo courtesy of M. Shepard)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Beautiful-Wood-nymph-Eudryas-grata-071325-MShepard-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Beautiful-Wood-nymph-Eudryas-grata-071325-MShepard-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Beautiful-Wood-nymph-Eudryas-grata-071325-MShepard-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Beautiful-Wood-nymph-Eudryas-grata-071325-MShepard-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Beautiful-Wood-nymph-Eudryas-grata-071325-MShepard-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15573'>\n\t\t\t\tBeautiful Wood-nymph Moth (<i>Eudryas grata<\/i>) (a very convincing bird-dropping mimic) (on <i>Vitis vinifera<\/i> &#8211; common grape vine; Naples, ME; 7\/13\/2025) (Photo courtesy of M. Shepard)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Blood-Colored-Checkered-Beetle-Zenodosus-sanguineus-102023.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/10\/Blood-Colored-Checkered-Beetle-Zenodosus-sanguineus-102023-e1697835234849-150x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blood-Colored Checkered Beetle (Zenodosus sanguineus)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13351\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13351'>\n\t\t\t\tBlood-Colored Checkered Beetle (<i>Zenodosus sanguineus<\/i>) (These beetles are predators of woodboring insects) (Bridgton, ME; 10\/20\/2023) (Photo courtesy of Rebecca Long, UMaine Extension)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Bordered-Wedge-shaped-Beetle-Macrosiagon-limbata-080525-NDonovan.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Bordered-Wedge-shaped-Beetle-Macrosiagon-limbata-080525-NDonovan-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a male Bordered Wedge-shaped Beetle (Macrosiagon limbata) perched on some Virginia Mountain Mint (Bridgton, ME; 8\/5\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Bordered-Wedge-shaped-Beetle-Macrosiagon-limbata-080525-NDonovan-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Bordered-Wedge-shaped-Beetle-Macrosiagon-limbata-080525-NDonovan-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Bordered-Wedge-shaped-Beetle-Macrosiagon-limbata-080525-NDonovan-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Bordered-Wedge-shaped-Beetle-Macrosiagon-limbata-080525-NDonovan-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Bordered-Wedge-shaped-Beetle-Macrosiagon-limbata-080525-NDonovan-32x32.png 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15819'>\n\t\t\t\tBordered Wedge-shaped Beetle (<i>Macrosiagon limbata<\/i>) (male) perched on some Virginia Mountain Mint (Bridgton, ME; 8\/5\/2025) (Photo courtesy of N. Donovan)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Glire-Bot-Fly-061822-HCamber.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Glire-Bot-Fly-061822-HCamber-e1655933895135-150x146.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Glire Bot Fly (Genus Cuterebra) (likely either the Rodent Bot or Rabbit Bot) (Portland, ME; 6\/18\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Hazen Camber)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12398\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12398'>\n\t\t\t\tBot Fly (Genus <i>Cuterebra<\/i>) (likely either the Mouse Bot, <i>C. fontinella<\/i>, or Rabbit Bot, <i>C. buccata<\/i>) (Portland, ME; 6\/18\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Hazen Camber)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Bronze Ground Beetle, also called a Bronze Carabid.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Bronze-Ground-Beetle-052109-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11406'>\n\t\t\t\tBronze Ground Beetle (&#8220;Bronze Carabid&#8221;) (<i>Carabus nemoralis<\/i>) (Stetson, ME; 5\/21\/2009)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Bronze Ground Beetle, also called a Bronze Carabid.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Ground-Beetle-Snail-Eater-040310a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10239'>\n\t\t\t\tBronze Ground Beetle (&#8220;Bronze Carabid&#8221;) (<i>Carabus nemoralis<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 4\/3\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Brown-Prionid-Maine-072623.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"148\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Brown-Prionid-Maine-072623-e1690899528335-150x148.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Brown Prionid Beetle (Orthosoma brunneum) (Etna, ME; 7\/26\/2023)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13166\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13166'>\n\t\t\t\tBrown Prionid Beetle (<i>Orthosoma brunneum<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 7\/26\/2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicadas.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicadas-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pair of photos showing different kinds of cicadas\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicadas-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicadas-539x535.jpg 539w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicadas-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-794'>\n\t\t\t\tCicadas (comparing Periodical cicadas with an Annual cicada)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicada-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicada-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of an annual cicada in Etna, Maine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-791\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicada-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Cicada-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-791'>\n\t\t\t\tAn Annual \/ Dog-day Cicada found in Maine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Cicada-April-Lee-Townsend-Portland-ME.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Cicada-April-Lee-Townsend-Portland-ME-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cicada - April and Lee Townsend (Portland, ME)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Cicada-April-Lee-Townsend-Portland-ME-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Cicada-April-Lee-Townsend-Portland-ME-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4474'>\n\t\t\t\tA newly-molted Cicada and its former exoskeleton; Photo courtesy of April and Lee Townsend (Portland, ME)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Cicada-Molt-2020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/09\/Cicada-Molt-2020-e1601480758269-150x143.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Two different views of the shed exoskeleton of an annual cicada\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10778\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10778'>\n\t\t\t\tThe shed exoskeleton of an Annual Cicada following a molt\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Click Beetle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-01-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-799'>\n\t\t\t\tClick beetle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-03.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-03-e1678376240716-150x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a beetle called a Click Beetle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-801\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-801'>\n\t\t\t\tClick Beetle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-Eyed-Elater.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/ClickBeetle-Eyed-Elater-e1589841765799-150x92.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Eyed Elater or Eyed Click Beetle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-796\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-796'>\n\t\t\t\tEyed Elater<br \/>(a species of Click Beetle)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-01-smaller.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-01-smaller-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pair of Wireworms in the soil\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-01-smaller-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-01-smaller-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-806'>\n\t\t\t\tWireworms (Larval stage of beetles called Click Beetles)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Wireworms\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Wireworms-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-804'>\n\t\t\t\tWireworms (Click Beetle larvae)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/CraneFlyLarvae-040422.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/CraneFlyLarvae-040422-e1678375995651-150x130.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"three Crane Fly Larvae next to a US penny for scale purposes (they are often called &quot;leatherjackets&quot; due to their tough skin)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12859\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12859'>\n\t\t\t\tCrane Fly Larvae\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Crane-Fly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Crane-Fly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a crane fly resting on a balsam fir branch\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Crane-Fly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Crane-Fly-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-812'>\n\t\t\t\tExample of a Crane Fly (this one is a &#8220;Large Crane Fly&#8221; in the Tipulidae family)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/CraneFly-Phantom.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/CraneFly-Phantom-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a type of Crane Fly known as a Phantom Crane Fly (Family Ptychopteridae)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/CraneFly-Phantom-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/CraneFly-Phantom-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-808'>\n\t\t\t\tPhantom Crane Fly (Family Ptychopteridae)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Damselfly011217a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Damselfly011217a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a damselfly\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Damselfly011217a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Damselfly011217a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6722'>\n\t\t\t\tDamselfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/DobsonflyLarva-Hellgrammite.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/DobsonflyLarva-Hellgrammite-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a dobsonfly larva, also called a Hellgrammite\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/DobsonflyLarva-Hellgrammite-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/DobsonflyLarva-Hellgrammite-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5661'>\n\t\t\t\tDobsonfly larva<br \/>(also called a Hellgrammite)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/Dobsonfly-male-071718.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/Dobsonfly-male-071718-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a male dobsonfly beside a U.S. penny for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/Dobsonfly-male-071718-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/07\/Dobsonfly-male-071718-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7401'>\n\t\t\t\tA male dobsonfly; Orono, ME (07\/17\/2018).\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/female-dobsonfly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"113\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/04\/female-dobsonfly-e1647631515611-113x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a female dobsonfly\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3201\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3201'>\n\t\t\t\tFemale dobsonfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Dogwood-Sawfly-Larvae-MonroeME-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Dogwood-Sawfly-Larvae-MonroeME-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dogwood Sawfly Larvae (7\/17\/2020; Monroe, Maine)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Dogwood-Sawfly-Larvae-MonroeME-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Dogwood-Sawfly-Larvae-MonroeME-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10606'>\n\t\t\t\tDogwood 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)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Dogwood-Sawfly-Larva-080909.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"145\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Dogwood-Sawfly-Larva-080909-e1697223267409-145x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Last instar stage of a Dogwood Sawfly larva - August 9th, 2009 in Medway, Maine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10972\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10972'>\n\t\t\t\tFinal larval instar of the Dogwood Sawfly (<i>Macremphytus testaceus<\/i>) (August 9th, 2009; Medway, Maine) (Similar to a White Pine Sawfly larva)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Eastern-Boxelder-Bug-041921b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Eastern-Boxelder-Bug-041921b-e1642540584908-150x132.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an Eastern Boxelder Bug beside a US penny for relative size purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11533\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11533'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Boxelder Bug (<i>Boisea trivittata<\/i>) (adult stage) (Hallowell, ME; 4\/19\/2021)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Eastern-Boxelder-Bug-041921.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"118\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Eastern-Boxelder-Bug-041921-e1642540514734-150x118.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Magnified view of an Eastern Boxelder Bug\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11532\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11532'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Boxelder Bug (<i>Boisea trivittata<\/i>) (adult stage) (Hallowell, ME; 4\/19\/2021)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"An Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp resting on a deck\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12423'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Cicada-killer Wasp (<i>Sphecius speciosus<\/i>) (~1.5&#8243; long; solitary and non-aggressive) (they provision their underground rearing chambers with paralyzed cicadas as food for their offspring) (Raymond Cape, ME; 7\/11\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Paul Tracy)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"An Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp inside a glass jar\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12424'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Cicada-killer Wasp (<i>Sphecius speciosus<\/i>) (~1.5&#8243; long; solitary and non-aggressive) (often mistaken for a Murder Hornet due to its size) (Raymond Cape, ME; 7\/11\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Paul Tracy)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Elm-Sawfly-Pittsfield-ME-Late-July-2009b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Elm-Sawfly-Pittsfield-ME-Late-July-2009b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Elm Sawfly larva\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Elm-Sawfly-Pittsfield-ME-Late-July-2009b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Elm-Sawfly-Pittsfield-ME-Late-July-2009b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10559'>\n\t\t\t\tElm Sawfly (larval stage) (7\/27\/2009; Pittsfield, ME)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Cimbex-Americana-Sawfly-070120c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Cimbex-Americana-Sawfly-070120c-e1649885257446-150x119.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Elm Sawfly adult, resting on a pea plant\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10566\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10566'>\n\t\t\t\tElm Sawfly adult (resembles a large wasp) (7\/1\/2020; Edgecomb, Maine) (Photo by E. Kerr)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/07\/Fishfly-labeled2013b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/07\/Fishfly-labeled2013b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Fishfly adult (July 16th, 2016; central Maine)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/07\/Fishfly-labeled2013b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/07\/Fishfly-labeled2013b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4367'>\n\t\t\t\tFishfly adult (July 16th, 2016; central Maine)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Fishfly2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Fishfly2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Fishfly adult\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Fishfly2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Fishfly2-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-619'>\n\t\t\t\tFishfly adult\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/02\/Four-lined-Silverfish-Ctenolepisma-lineatum.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/02\/Four-lined-Silverfish-Ctenolepisma-lineatum-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Four-lined Silverfish, Ctenolepisma lineatum\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/02\/Four-lined-Silverfish-Ctenolepisma-lineatum-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/02\/Four-lined-Silverfish-Ctenolepisma-lineatum-589x592.jpg 589w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/02\/Four-lined-Silverfish-Ctenolepisma-lineatum-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11952'>\n\t\t\t\tFour-lined Silverfish (<i>Ctenolepisma lineatum<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/GiantWaterBug-04GMD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/GiantWaterBug-04GMD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Giant Water Bug\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/GiantWaterBug-04GMD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/GiantWaterBug-04GMD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8506'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Water Bug (&#8220;Toe-biter&#8221;)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Giant Water Bug beside a U.S. quarter for size comparison\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-03GMD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3718'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Water Bug (&#8220;Toe-biter&#8221;)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-02GMD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-02GMD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Giant Water Bug (also called a Toe-biter)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-02GMD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/11\/GiantWaterBug-02GMD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3711'>\n\t\t\t\tGiant Water Bug (&#8220;Toe-biter&#8221;)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Gold-markedThread-Waisted-Wasp-Rockport-083020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Gold-markedThread-Waisted-Wasp-Rockport-083020-e1649875835518-150x136.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp in Rockport, Maine - August 30th, 2020\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11493\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11493'>\n\t\t\t\tGold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp (<i>Eremnophila aureonotata<\/i>) (Rockport, ME; 8\/30\/2020)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/11\/Hag-Moth-Caterpillar-Phobetron-pithecium-JFD081720.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/11\/Hag-Moth-Caterpillar-Phobetron-pithecium-JFD081720-e1699904941463-148x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Caterpillar of the Hag Moth, Phobetron pithecium, observed on an oak leaf in Palmyra, Maine on August 17th, 2020\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13380\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13380'>\n\t\t\t\tHag Moth Caterpillar (<i>Phobetron pithecium<\/i>) on an oak leaf (Palmyra, ME; 8\/17\/2020) (Caution: caterpillar has stinging spines)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Hermit-Flower-Beetle-from-J-Grant-071220.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Hermit-Flower-Beetle-from-J-Grant-071220-e1649875647753-150x139.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Hermit Flower Beetle, Osmoderma eremicola (a type of fairly large scarab beetle) (Photo courtesy of J. Grant) (Plymouth, ME - 7\/12\/2020)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10585\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10585'>\n\t\t\t\tHermit Flower Beetle, <i>Osmoderma eremicola<\/i> (a type of fairly large scarab beetle) (Photo courtesy of J. Grant) (Plymouth, ME &#8211; 7\/12\/2020)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Hermit-Flower-Beetle-070124-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Hermit-Flower-Beetle-070124-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Hermit Flower Beetle (Osmoderma eremicola) on the palm of a person&#039;s hand (Old Town, ME; 7\/1\/2024)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Hermit-Flower-Beetle-070124-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Hermit-Flower-Beetle-070124-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13685'>\n\t\t\t\tHermit Flower Beetle (<i>Osmoderma eremicola<\/i>) (Orono, ME; 7\/1\/2024)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Horntail.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Horntail-e1649875740154-130x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Horntail (also called a Wood Wasp)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-769\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-769'>\n\t\t\t\tSpecies of Horntail (also called Wood Wasps) (this one is the Pigeon Horntail, Tremex columba)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Horsehair worm and a US penny for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4075'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/horsehair-worms\/\">Horsehair Worm<\/a> (these are not insects, of course)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo that shows a Horsehair worm inside a 3.5&quot; diameter petri dish\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd3-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8588'>\n\t\t\t\tHorsehair worm inside a 3.5&#8243; diameter petri dish\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo showing a Horsehair worm that has emerged from its host cricket\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/02\/Horsehair-Worm-gmd2-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4076'>\n\t\t\t\tA Horsehair worm that has emerged from its host cricket\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a House Centipede\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/HouseCentipede-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5526'>\n\t\t\t\tHouse Centipede\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/HummingbirdClearwing-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"136\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/HummingbirdClearwing-02-e1589841935368-136x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-818\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-818'>\n\t\t\t\tHummingbird Clearwing Moth (<i>Hemaris thysbe<\/i>) getting nectar from Fall Phlox flowers\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/IntroducedPineSawfly-071115a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/IntroducedPineSawfly-071115a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of an Introduced Pine Sawfly larva on a person&#039;s hand, for scale purposes.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/IntroducedPineSawfly-071115a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/07\/IntroducedPineSawfly-071115a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5965'>\n\t\t\t\tIntroduced Pine Sawfly larva (July 11, 2015) (central Maine) \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/04\/IntroducedPineSawfly-041520b-Diprion-similis.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/04\/IntroducedPineSawfly-041520b-Diprion-similis-e1649875996864-150x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Introduced Pine Sawfly adult - Diprion similis - beside a US penny (April 15th, 2020)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10402\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10402'>\n\t\t\t\tIntroduced Pine Sawfly adult (Etna, ME; 4\/15\/2020)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Katydid-08-06-2010.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Katydid-08-06-2010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Katydid (Northern Bush Katydid, Scudderia septentrionalis) (Etna, ME; 8\/6\/2010)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Katydid-08-06-2010-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Katydid-08-06-2010-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10233'>\n\t\t\t\tKatydid (Northern Bush Katydid, <i>Scudderia septentrionalis<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 8\/6\/2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Leopard-Slug-060112.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Leopard-Slug-060112-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Leopard Slug\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Leopard-Slug-060112-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Leopard-Slug-060112-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8755'>\n\t\t\t\tLeopard Slug (also called a Spotted Slug or Giant Garden Slug) (June 1st, 2012) (Northeast Harbor, ME)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Leopard-Slug-size-comparison-labeled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Leopard-Slug-size-comparison-labeled-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Leopard Slug (also called a Giant Slug) next to a much more common or typical slug\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Leopard-Slug-size-comparison-labeled-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Leopard-Slug-size-comparison-labeled-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5799'>\n\t\t\t\tLeopard Slug versus Tawny Garden Slug\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/LocustBorer-Fall2019.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/LocustBorer-Fall2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae) beside a US penny\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/LocustBorer-Fall2019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/LocustBorer-Fall2019-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10000'>\n\t\t\t\tLocust Borer (<i>Megacyllene robiniae<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Lupine Bug (Megalotomus quinquespinosus) (Jonesboro, ME; 9\/28\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Alan Brooks and Marilyn Dowling)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13904'>\n\t\t\t\tLupine Bug (<i>Megalotomus quinquespinosus<\/i>) (superficially similar to a western conifer seed bug) (Jonesboro, ME; 9\/28\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Alan Brooks and Marilyn Dowling)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Lupine Bug (Megalotomus quinquespinosus) (Jonesboro, ME; 9\/28\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Alan Brooks and Marilyn Dowling)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Lupine-Bug-ABrooks-MDowling-092824b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13905'>\n\t\t\t\tLupine Bug (<i>Megalotomus quinquespinosus<\/i>) (Jonesboro, ME; 9\/28\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Alan Brooks and Marilyn Dowling)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Maple Wood Wasp (Xiphydria maculata) (Old Town, ME; 7\/12\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01-105x106.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Xiphydria-maculata-JFD01-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15690'>\n\t\t\t\tMaple Wood Wasp (<i>Xiphydria maculata<\/i>) (Old Town, ME; 7\/12\/2025)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Sugar-Maple-Borer-2021-MOMetcalf.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Sugar-Maple-Borer-2021-MOMetcalf-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Sugar Maple Borer (a type of longhorned beetle that specializes on maple)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Sugar-Maple-Borer-2021-MOMetcalf-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/06\/Sugar-Maple-Borer-2021-MOMetcalf-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11731'>\n\t\t\t\tSugar Maple Borer (<i>Glycobius speciosus<\/i>) (6\/13\/2021; Panton, Vermont &#8212; but also found in Maine) (Photo courtesy of M. O. Metcalf)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/06\/March-Fly-052723.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"131\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/06\/March-Fly-052723-e1686253213568-131x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a March Fly, Family Bibionidae (genus Bibio and likely Bibio femoratus)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13084\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13084'>\n\t\t\t\tMarch Fly (&#8220;Lovebug&#8221;) (Family Bibionidae; genus <i>Bibio<\/i>) (likely <i>Bibio femoratus<\/i>) (Etna, ME; 5\/27\/2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Mayfly - click to see some additional specimens\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-531x535.jpg 531w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-517'>\n\t\t\t\tMayflies (the immatures are aquatic)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Mayfly-JFDill.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Mayfly-JFDill-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a Mayfly adult resting on a tree\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Mayfly-JFDill-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Mayfly-JFDill-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6721'>\n\t\t\t\tMayfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a mayfly adult on the side of a house\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-02-446x444.jpg 446w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Mayfly-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-621'>\n\t\t\t\tMayfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/04\/MetallicWoodBoringBeetle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/04\/MetallicWoodBoringBeetle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Metallic Wood-boring Beetle (Family: Buprestidae)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/04\/MetallicWoodBoringBeetle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/04\/MetallicWoodBoringBeetle-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1718'>\n\t\t\t\tMetallic Wood-boring Beetle (Family: Buprestidae)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/Dicerca-divaricata-Flatheaded-Hardwood-Borer-Mary-Metcalf-in-VT-073020bPS-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/Dicerca-divaricata-Flatheaded-Hardwood-Borer-Mary-Metcalf-in-VT-073020bPS-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A metallic wood boring beetle (Flatheaded Hardwood Borer \/ Dicerca divaricata) (Photo courtesy of M.O. Metcalf)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/Dicerca-divaricata-Flatheaded-Hardwood-Borer-Mary-Metcalf-in-VT-073020bPS-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/Dicerca-divaricata-Flatheaded-Hardwood-Borer-Mary-Metcalf-in-VT-073020bPS-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12847'>\n\t\t\t\tA metallic wood-boring beetle (Flatheaded Hardwood Borer \/ <i>Dicerca divaricata<\/i>) (Photo courtesy of M. O. Metcalf)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/Oil-Beetle-Photo-by-Melinda-Pelletier-LateSept2019.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/Oil-Beetle-Photo-by-Melinda-Pelletier-LateSept2019-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Oil Beetle (female) (central Maine; late September 2019) (Photo courtesy of M. Pelletier)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/Oil-Beetle-Photo-by-Melinda-Pelletier-LateSept2019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/01\/Oil-Beetle-Photo-by-Melinda-Pelletier-LateSept2019-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10043'>\n\t\t\t\tOil Beetle (female) (genus <i>Meloe<\/i>) (central Maine; late September 2019) (Photo courtesy of M. Pelletier)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Predaceous Diving Beetle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-04-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3259'>\n\t\t\t\tPredaceous Diving Beetle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Predaceous Diving Beetle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3267'>\n\t\t\t\tPredaceous Diving Beetle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Predaceous Diving Beetle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/05\/PredaceousDivingBeetle-01-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3252'>\n\t\t\t\tPredaceous Diving Beetle\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Pseudoscorpion.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Pseudoscorpion-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Pseudoscorpion\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Pseudoscorpion-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Pseudoscorpion-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-774'>\n\t\t\t\tPseudoscorpion\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/04\/Redheaded-Ash-Borer-041122-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/04\/Redheaded-Ash-Borer-041122-1-e1650034533588-150x142.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Red-headed Ash Borer adult beside a US penny for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12200\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12200'>\n\t\t\t\tRed-headed Ash Borer (<i>Neoclytus acuminatus<\/i>) (Jonesboro, ME; 4\/11\/2022)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/04\/Red-Flat-Bark-Beetle-PWirth-041122-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/04\/Red-Flat-Bark-Beetle-PWirth-041122-scaled-e1649857854838-150x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Red Flat Bark Beetle (Cucujus clavipes) on a person&#039;s finger\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12179\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12179'>\n\t\t\t\tRed Flat Bark Beetle (<i>Cucujus clavipes<\/i>) (they are predators on other insects) (York County, ME; April 11th, 2022) (Photo courtesy of P. Wirth)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/09\/Redbanded-Candy-striped-Leafhopper-080209a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/09\/Redbanded-Candy-striped-Leafhopper-080209a-e1662486324687-150x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Red-banded Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) on a yellow rose flower (also called the Candy-striped Leafhopper) (photographed in Etna, Maine on 8\/2\/2009)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12566\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12566'>\n\t\t\t\tCandy-striped \/ Red-banded Leafhopper (<i>Graphocephala coccinea<\/i>) (also called the Candy-striped Leafhopper) (Etna, ME; 8\/2\/2009)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Red-shouldered-Pine-Borer-Stictoleptura-canadensis-JFD-071220.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"137\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Red-shouldered-Pine-Borer-Stictoleptura-canadensis-JFD-071220-e1691077427566-137x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Red-shouldered Pine Borer (Stictoleptura canadensis) in Maine (7\/12\/2020)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13199\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13199'>\n\t\t\t\tRed-shouldered Pine Borer (<I>Stictoleptura canadensis<\/i>) (7\/12\/2020)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417a-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417a-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A type of beetle called a Netwinged Beetle - Camden, Maine 8\/14\/2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417a-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417a-1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10813'>\n\t\t\t\tReticulated Net-winged Beetle (<i>Calopteron reticulatum<\/i>) &#8211; Camden, ME 8\/14\/2017\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417b-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417b-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A type of beetle called a Banded Net-winged Beetle (taking flight) - Camden, Maine 8\/14\/2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417b-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/11\/NetwingedBeetle-081417b-1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10812'>\n\t\t\t\tReticulated Net-winged Beetle taking flight (<i>Calopteron reticulatum<\/i>) &#8211; Camden, ME 8\/14\/2017\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/leafhopper-Graphocephala-coccinea.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/leafhopper-Graphocephala-coccinea-e1662486404595-150x125.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Rhododendron Leafhopper in Greenville, Maine on August 26th, 2007\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5464\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5464'>\n\t\t\t\tRhododendron Leafhopper (<i>Graphocephala fennahi<\/i>) (Greenville, ME; 8\/26\/2007)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Robber-Fly-Efferia-aestuans-JDill-071722b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Robber-Fly-Efferia-aestuans-JDill-071722b-e1658423457417-150x137.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a robber fly in Maine, Efferia aestuans; photographed on July 17th, 2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12454\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12454'>\n\t\t\t\tRobber Fly (female <i>Efferia aestuans<\/i>) (Scarbarough, ME; 7\/17\/2022)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/RoveBeetle.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/RoveBeetle-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Species of rove beetle (possibly Ocypus nitens)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/RoveBeetle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/RoveBeetle-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-775'>\n\t\t\t\tRove Beetle (possibly <i>Ocypus nitens<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Species of rove beetle (possibly Ocypus nitens)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/03\/Rove-Beetle-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10227'>\n\t\t\t\tRove Beetle (possibly <i>Ocypus nitens<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Ontholestes cingulatus - a species of rove beetle called &quot;Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle&quot; - photographed June 3rd, 2011 in Boothbay Harbor, Maine\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Gold-and-Brown-RoveBeetle-Ontholestes-cingulatus-060311-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13394'>\n\t\t\t\tGold-and-brown Rove Beetle (<i>Ontholestes cingulatus<\/i>) (Boothbay Harbor, ME; 6\/3\/2011)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918b-e1662486447143-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Hairy Rove beetle beside a U.S. dime for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7318\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7318'>\n\t\t\t\tHairy Rove Beetle (<i>Creophilus maxillosus<\/i>); Etna, ME, 6\/9\/2018.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A &quot;Hairy rove beetle&quot; rolled up into a defensive ball-like posture\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/06\/Rove-Beetle-060918c-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7319'>\n\t\t\t\tHairy Rove Beetle; Etna, ME, 6\/9\/2018 (same specimen from the adjacent photo, but here it is displaying its defensive, ball-like posture)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Russet-Alder-Leaf-Beetle-BMroz-061925.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Russet-Alder-Leaf-Beetle-BMroz-061925-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Russet Alder Leaf Beetle (Calligrapha alni) (St. George, ME; 6\/19\/2025) (Photo courtesy of B. Mroz)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Russet-Alder-Leaf-Beetle-BMroz-061925-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Russet-Alder-Leaf-Beetle-BMroz-061925-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Russet-Alder-Leaf-Beetle-BMroz-061925-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Russet-Alder-Leaf-Beetle-BMroz-061925-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Russet-Alder-Leaf-Beetle-BMroz-061925-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15523'>\n\t\t\t\tRusset Alder Leaf Beetle (<i>Calligrapha alni<\/i>) (St. George, ME; 6\/19\/2025) (Photo courtesy of B. Mroz)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Sapwood-Timberworm-052322.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Sapwood-Timberworm-052322-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sapwood Timberworm (Hylecoetus lugubris) (Stetson, ME; 5\/23\/2022)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Sapwood-Timberworm-052322-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Sapwood-Timberworm-052322-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12374'>\n\t\t\t\tSapwood Timberworm (female) (beetle) (<i>Hylecoetus lugubris<\/i>) (Stetson, ME; 5\/23\/2022)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Sapwood-Timberworm-052322b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/05\/Sapwood-Timberworm-052322b-e1662486530765-150x141.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sapwood Timberworm (Hylecoetus lugubris) next to a penny to show its relative size (Stetson, ME; 5\/23\/2022)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12375\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12375'>\n\t\t\t\tSapwood Timberworm (female) (beetle) (<i>Hylecoetus lugubris<\/i>) (Stetson, ME; 5\/23\/2022)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Scorpionfly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Scorpionfly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Scorpionfly\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Scorpionfly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/Scorpionfly-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-776'>\n\t\t\t\tScorpionfly\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/01\/Silverfish.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/01\/Silverfish-e1662486589869-150x132.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Silverfish\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3876\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3876'>\n\t\t\t\tSilverfish\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/Small-headed-fly-Acroceridae-072718c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/Small-headed-fly-Acroceridae-072718c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a small fly called a Small-headed fly, resting on a maple leaf.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/Small-headed-fly-Acroceridae-072718c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/08\/Small-headed-fly-Acroceridae-072718c-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7408'>\n\t\t\t\tSmall-headed Fly (resting on the underside of a maple leaf in Etna, Maine, July 27th, 2018)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/Spider-Beetle-GMD-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/Spider-Beetle-GMD-1-e1589841714977-130x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7213\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7213'>\n\t\t\t\tSpider Beetle (Whitemarked Spider Beetle)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/SpiderBeetle-Smooth3-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2018\/03\/SpiderBeetle-Smooth3-JFD-e1662486629731-150x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a small beetle called a Spider beetle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7203\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7203'>\n\t\t\t\tSmooth Spider Beetle (<i>Gibbium aequinoctiale<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-2016.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-2016-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a mass of springtails floating in a puddle\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-2016-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtails-March11-2016-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6475'>\n\t\t\t\tA large mass of springtails. Photo courtesy of C. Senn. Lincolnville, ME (3\/11\/2016) \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtail-031816-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2016\/03\/Springtail-031816-01-e1662486685634-150x106.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Dissecting scope image of a red springtail\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6514\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6514'>\n\t\t\t\tCloseup image of a Sprintail\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"closeup image of a springtail\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Springtail-01b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6712'>\n\t\t\t\tCloseup of a globular springtail\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A spring firefly larva photographed on May 10th, 2024 in Fort Kent, Maine; genus Pyractomena (Photo courtesy of Rebeccah Douglas-Leblond)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Pyractomena-Firefly-Larva-RDLeblond-051024-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13594'>\n\t\t\t\tSpring Firefly larva (Genus <i>Pyractomena<\/i>) (5\/10\/2024; Fort Kent, ME) (Photo courtesy of Rebeccah Douglas-Leblond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Firefly larva (Genus Pyractomena) (9\/30\/2024; Kennebunk, ME) (Photo courtesy of Kari Gates)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/09\/Pyractomena-genus-KGates-e1727729278516-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13908'>\n\t\t\t\tFirefly larva (Genus <i>Pyractomena<\/i>) (9\/30\/2024; Kennebunk, ME) (Photo courtesy of Kari Gates)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Small-Winter-Stoneflies-by-EGrew-031122.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"142\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Small-Winter-Stoneflies-by-EGrew-031122-e1647270531942-150x142.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pair of &#039;Small Winter Stoneflies&#039; (family Capniidae), Old Town, Maine on March 11th, 2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12039\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12039'>\n\t\t\t\tSmall Winter Stoneflies (Old Town, Maine; 3\/11\/2022) (possibly <i>Allocapnia recta<\/i>) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Stonefly011217.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Stonefly011217-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Stonefly (the immatures\/nymphs are aquatic)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-6728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Stonefly011217-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2017\/01\/Stonefly011217-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-6728'>\n\t\t\t\tStonefly (adult) (the immatures\/nymphs are aquatic)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/03\/Stonefly-March2011a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/03\/Stonefly-March2011a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stonefly (adult) (this species emerges in Maine in early March, typically)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/03\/Stonefly-March2011a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2011\/03\/Stonefly-March2011a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1268'>\n\t\t\t\tStonefly (adult)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Six-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cicindela sexguttata) Orono, ME; 5\/12\/2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Six-spotted-Tiger-Beetle-Cicindela-sexguttata-EGrew-051222-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12383'>\n\t\t\t\tSix-spotted Tiger Beetle (<i>Cicindela sexguttata<\/i>) (Orono, ME; 5\/12\/2022) (Photo credit: courtesy of Edward S. Grew) (some variants are more bluish in color and don&#8217;t always have the white spots or have only two instead of six)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/SyrphidFly-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/SyrphidFly-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Virginia Giant Hover Fly, also called a Yellowjacket Hover Fly (Milesia virginiensis) (a good yellowjacket mimic; feeding on Queen Anne&#039;s Lace pollen)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/SyrphidFly-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/SyrphidFly-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11179'>\n\t\t\t\tVirginia Giant Hover Fly \/ Yellowjacket Hover Fly (<i>Milesia virginiensis<\/i>) (a good yellowjacket mimic; feeding on Queen Anne&#8217;s Lace pollen)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Margined Calligrapher syrphid fly (Toxomerus marginatus)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-04-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-688'>\n\t\t\t\tMargined Calligrapher (<i>Toxomerus marginatus<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/Droneflies-Syrphid-flies-101017.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/Droneflies-Syrphid-flies-101017-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A cluster of Common Drone Flies feeding on pollen of narrow-leaved goldenrod flowers at Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park; 10\/10\/2017\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/Droneflies-Syrphid-flies-101017-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/01\/Droneflies-Syrphid-flies-101017-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11177'>\n\t\t\t\tA cluster of Common Drone Flies feeding on pollen of narrow-leaved goldenrod flowers at Schoodic Point in Acadia National Park; 10\/10\/2017\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Transverse-banded Flower Fly (Eristalis transversa) (example of a species that mimics bee\/yellowjacket patterning)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/SyrphidFly-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-685'>\n\t\t\t\tTransverse-banded Flower Fly (<i>Eristalis transversa<\/i>) (another example of a species that mimics bee\/yellowjacket patterning)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-fly-Genus-Cylindromyia-061808.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-fly-Genus-Cylindromyia-061808-e1678376504655-150x145.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Tachinid fly in the genus Cylindromyia\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11431\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11431'>\n\t\t\t\tA Tachinid fly in the genus <i>Cylindromyia<\/i> (they are common flower visitors in open\/weedy areas)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Tachinid fly - probably Hystricia abrupta\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Tachinid-Fly-Hystricia-abrupta-JAtherton-073020-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11415'>\n\t\t\t\tTachinid fly (likely <i>Hystricia abrupta<\/i>) (Newburgh, ME; 7\/28\/2020) The adults of this species feed on nectar and their larvae develop inside caterpillars (Photo courtesy of J Atherton)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Pair of mating Tachinid flies (Juriniopsis adusta) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13719'>\n\t\t\t\tPair of mating Tachinid flies (<i>Juriniopsis adusta<\/i>) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Pair of mating Tachinid flies (Juriniopsis adusta) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/07\/Juriniopsis-adusta-Tachinid-Flies-071124a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13720'>\n\t\t\t\tPair of mating Tachinid flies (<i>Juriniopsis adusta<\/i>) (Alfred, ME; 7\/11\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Judee Meyer)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Swamp-Milkweed-Leaf-Beetle-Labidomera-clivicollis-080925-DThompson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Swamp-Milkweed-Leaf-Beetle-Labidomera-clivicollis-080925-DThompson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (Labidomera clivicollis) (Hollis, ME; 8\/9\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Dave Thompson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Swamp-Milkweed-Leaf-Beetle-Labidomera-clivicollis-080925-DThompson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Swamp-Milkweed-Leaf-Beetle-Labidomera-clivicollis-080925-DThompson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Swamp-Milkweed-Leaf-Beetle-Labidomera-clivicollis-080925-DThompson-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Swamp-Milkweed-Leaf-Beetle-Labidomera-clivicollis-080925-DThompson-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Swamp-Milkweed-Leaf-Beetle-Labidomera-clivicollis-080925-DThompson-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15740'>\n\t\t\t\tSwamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle (<i>Labidomera clivicollis<\/i>) (Hollis, ME; 8\/9\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Dave Thompson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/Tanbark-Borer-Phymatodes-testaceus-Cape-Elizabeth-ME-050423.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/Tanbark-Borer-Phymatodes-testaceus-Cape-Elizabeth-ME-050423-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Tanbark Borer beetle also called a Violet Tanbark Beetle (Phymatodes testaceus) (typically emerge from oak firewood) (Cape Elizabeth, ME; 5\/4\/2023) (Photo courtesy of MB)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/Tanbark-Borer-Phymatodes-testaceus-Cape-Elizabeth-ME-050423-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/05\/Tanbark-Borer-Phymatodes-testaceus-Cape-Elizabeth-ME-050423-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13045'>\n\t\t\t\tTanbark Borer \/ Violet Tanbark Beetle (Phymatodes testaceus) (Cape Elizabeth, ME; 5\/4\/2023) (Photo courtesy of MB)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/09\/Three-linedPotatoBeetle-JDill-072021.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/09\/Three-linedPotatoBeetle-JDill-072021-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Three-lined Potato Beetle, Lema daturaphila. (Maine; 7\/20\/2021)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/09\/Three-linedPotatoBeetle-JDill-072021-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/09\/Three-linedPotatoBeetle-JDill-072021-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11841'>\n\t\t\t\tThree-lined Potato Beetle (<i>Lema daturaphila<\/i>) (central Maine, 7\/20\/2021) (very common on tomatillo plants; uncommon on potato in spite of its name)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tortoise-Beetle-larva-GDill2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tortoise-Beetle-larva-GDill2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"larva of a Tortoise Beetle; Photo courtesy of G. Dill, staff\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tortoise-Beetle-larva-GDill2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2013\/08\/Tortoise-Beetle-larva-GDill2-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4477'>\n\t\t\t\tTortoise Beetle (larva); Photo by G. Dill, staff\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Tomentose Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus tomentosus) covered with 10 or more phoretic mites as well (South Portland, ME; 8\/28\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Michael Hanson)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Tomentose-Burying-Beetle-Nicrophorus-tomentosus-082825-MHanson-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15803'>\n\t\t\t\tTomentose Burying Beetle (<i>Nicrophorus tomentosus<\/i>) with a group of phoretic mites hitching a ride (South Portland, ME; 8\/28\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Michael Hanson)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Type of carrion beetle called the Roundneck Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus orbicollis) covered in phoretic\/hitch-hiking mites (Bar Harbor, ME; 9\/15\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Tony Preston-Schreck)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Roundneck-Sexton-Beetle-Nicrophorus-orbicollis-091525-TPreston-Schreck-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15856'>\n\t\t\t\tRoundneck Sexton Beetle (<i>Nicrophorus orbicollis<\/i>) covered in hitch-hiking phoretic mites (Bar Harbor, ME; 9\/15\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Tony Preston-Schreck)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/08\/Oecanthus-niveus-Wells-ME-082422-TBaxter.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/08\/Oecanthus-niveus-Wells-ME-082422-TBaxter-e1661542860382-150x136.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Narrow-winged Tree Cricket or Snowy Tree Cricket (Oecanthus niveus) (Wells, Maine; 8\/24\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Tom Baxter)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12523\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12523'>\n\t\t\t\tNarrow-winged Tree Cricket (Snowy Tree Cricket) (<i>Oecanthus niveus<\/i>) (Wells, ME; 8\/24\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Tom Baxter)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/09\/Two-spotted-Tree-Cricket-Neoxabea-bipunctata-090422-TBaxter.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/09\/Two-spotted-Tree-Cricket-Neoxabea-bipunctata-090422-TBaxter-e1662472663852-150x144.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a female Two-spotted Tree Cricket, Neoxabea bipunctata in Wells, Maine on 9\/4\/2022 (Photo courtesy of Tom Baxter)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12544\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12544'>\n\t\t\t\tTwo-spotted Tree Cricket (<i>Neoxabea bipunctata<\/i> &#8211; female) (Wells, ME; 9\/4\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Tom Baxter)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Velvet Ant [wasp] (female) (Dasymutilla gibbosa) (Hermon, ME; 7\/19\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15599'>\n\t\t\t\tVelvet Ant [<b>wasp<\/b>] (female) (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/148391\" target=\"_blank\">Dasymutilla gibbosa<\/a><\/i>) (these are actually wasps and the wingless females are ant mimics; females are not aggressive but have a very painful stinger) (Hermon, ME; 7\/19\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Michelle Shores)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Water-Scropion-2010-Maine.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Water-Scropion-2010-Maine-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo of a Water Scorpion\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Water-Scropion-2010-Maine-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/04\/Water-Scropion-2010-Maine-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8819'>\n\t\t\t\tWater Scorpion\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WaterScorpion-GMDill-01.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WaterScorpion-GMDill-01-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Water Scorpion\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WaterScorpion-GMDill-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WaterScorpion-GMDill-01-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5607'>\n\t\t\t\tWater Scorpion\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/WaterStriders.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/11\/WaterStriders-e1653061955831-150x140.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Water Striders\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-783\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-783'>\n\t\t\t\tWater Striders on Mount Desert Island (August, 2010)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WesternConiferSeedBug-close.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WesternConiferSeedBug-close-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WesternConiferSeedBug-close-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/WesternConiferSeedBug-close-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5804'>\n\t\t\t\tWestern Conifer Seed Bug\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Western-Conifer-Seed-Bug-wings-spread-013024.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/01\/Western-Conifer-Seed-Bug-wings-spread-013024-e1706717930686-150x124.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Western Conifer Seed Bug with its wings spread open in order to reveal the yellow and black patterning on its abdomen\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13403\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13403'>\n\t\t\t\tWestern Conifer Seed Bug with its wings spread partway open to reveal the abdominal patterning (When the insect is at rest, the wings are folded neatly over the abdomen, but when people see one like this they will often not recognize it as a western conifer seed bug)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050311a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050311a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Winter Firefly in the Ellychnia corrusca complex of species\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050311a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050311a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10977'>\n\t\t\t\tWinter Firefly (<i>Ellychnia corrusca<\/i>) (5\/3\/2011; Etna, ME)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050309b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050309b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Winter Firefly in the Ellychnia corrusca complex of species\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050309b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Winter-Firefly-050309b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11009'>\n\t\t\t\tWinter Firefly (<i>Ellychnia corrusca<\/i>) (5\/3\/2011; Etna, ME)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Dusky-Cockroach-Ectobius-lapponicus-071315.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Dusky-Cockroach-Ectobius-lapponicus-071315-e1648135705205-150x128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A male Dusky Cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus) (7\/13\/2015)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12075\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12075'>\n\t\t\t\tExample of a wood roach (Dusky Cockroach, <i>Ectobius lapponicus<\/i>) (male) (Stetson, Maine; 7\/13\/2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Ectobius-Cockroach-101109-Acadia-National-Park.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/03\/Ectobius-Cockroach-101109-Acadia-National-Park-e1648135767143-150x119.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A male Tawny cockroach (genus Ectobius) seen in Acadia National Park; Oct. 11th, 2009.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12072\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12072'>\n\t\t\t\tExample of a wood roach (Tawny Cockroach, <i>Ectobius pallidus<\/i>) (male) (Acadia National Park, Maine; 10\/11\/2009)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column728_0b4196-fd > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column728_0b4196-fd\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3>Additional Photos and Information:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/american-carrion-beetle\/\"><strong><b>American Carrion Beetle<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/water-boatmen-backswimmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Backswimmers and Water Boatmen<\/strong><\/a> (UWM)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barklice (<a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/83280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Cerastipsocus venosus<\/i><\/a>) (&#8220;Tree Cattle&#8221;)<\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3060\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Beautiful Wood-nymph<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net) (the moth is a very convincing bird-dropping mimic)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9151\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Blood-colored Checkered Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/12470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bordered Wedge-shaped Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/25501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bot Flies<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/251158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mouse Bot Fly<\/strong><\/a> <em>Cuterebra fontinella<\/em> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/53512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rabbit Bot Fly<\/strong><\/a> <em>Cuterebra buccata<\/em> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/938492\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bot fly larvae and pupae<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Boxelder Bugs<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/beneficials\/bronze-carabid\/\"><strong>Bronze Carabid \/ Bronze Ground Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/5031\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brown Prionid<\/a> (Beetle)<\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carrion Beetles<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/12445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>American Burying Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus americanus)<\/i> (endangered) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/american-carrion-beetle\/\"><strong><b>American Carrion Beetle<\/b><\/strong><\/a> (<i>Necrophila americana<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/148724\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Banded Sexton Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus investigator<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Species\" href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/32505\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Boreal Burying Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus vespilloides<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/margined-carrion-beetle\/\"><strong>Margined Carrion Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Oiceoptoma noveboracense<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/32497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Roundneck Sexton Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus orbicollis<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/28744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tomentose Burying Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<i>Nicrophorus tomentosus<\/i>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cicadas\/\"><b>Cicadas<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/click-beetles\/\"><b>Click Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/crane-flies\/\"><strong>Crane Flies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/damselflies\/\"><b>Damselflies<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/dobsonflies\/\"><strong>Dobsonflies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hortnews.extension.iastate.edu\/2009\/8-12\/sawfly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Dogwood Sawfly<\/strong><\/a> (Iowa State Univ Extension) (additional images, including the adult stage: <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/303138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>BugGuide.net<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Boxelder Bugs<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.mo.gov\/discover-nature\/field-guide\/eastern-cicada-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (Missouri Dept. of Conservation) <em><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Sphecius speciosus<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/elm-sawfly\/\"><strong>Elm Sawfly<\/strong><\/a><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/beneficials\/bronze-carabid\/\"><strong>European Ground Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/click-beetles\/\"><b>Eyed Click Beetle (Eyed Elater)<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/748294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Firefly larvae<\/strong><\/a> (Genus <em>Pyractomena<\/em>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/fishflies\/\"><strong>Fishflies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/syrphid-flies\/\"><b>Flower Flies<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(also called Hover Flies or Syrphid Flies)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/silverfish-and-firebrats\/\"><strong>Four-lined Silverfish<\/strong><\/a> (and Firebrats)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/giant-water-bug\/\"><strong>Giant Water Bug<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/53511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Glire Bot Flies<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/251158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mouse Bot Fly<\/strong><\/a> <em>Cuterebra fontinella<\/em> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/53512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rabbit Bot Fly<\/strong><\/a> <em>Cuterebra buccata<\/em> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/ground-beetles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ground and Tiger Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hag Moth Caterpillar<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hermit Flower Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/horntails\/\"><strong>Horntails<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/44914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maple Wood Wasp<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/horsehair-worms\/\"><strong>Horsehair Worm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/centipedes\/\"><strong>House Centipede<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hummingbird Clearwing Moth<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/introduced-pine-sawfly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Introduced Pine Sawfly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/katydids\/\"><strong>Katydids<\/strong><\/a> (also known as long-horned grasshoppers)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/slugs-and-snails\/\"><strong>Leopard Slugs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/locust-borer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Locust Borer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Lupine Bug<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/44914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maple Wood Wasp<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/march-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>March Flies<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Wisconsin)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msue.anr.msu.edu\/news\/the_mayflies_are_coming_time_to_celebrate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><b>Mayflies<\/b><\/strong><\/a> (Michigan State Univ. Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.extension.umn.edu\/garden\/diagnose\/insect\/indoor\/beetles\/large\/mwboringbeetle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Metallic Wood-Boring Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/8003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Narrow-winged Tree Cricket<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net) | <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/590a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to the &#8216;call&#8217; made by a similar species<\/a> (Singing Insects of North America)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/blister-beetles\/\"><strong>Oil Beetles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.ca.uky.edu\/ef703\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Praying Mantids<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Univ. of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Predaceous Diving Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Pseudoscorpions<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dept.psu.edu\/nkbiology\/naturetrail\/speciespages\/flat_bark_beetle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Red Flat Bark Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State \/ New Kensington)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6769\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Red-headed Ash Borer<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/graphocephala-coccinea\/\"><b>Red-banded \/ Candy-striped Leafhopper<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/26741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Red-shouldered Pine Borer<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/8195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Reticulated Net-winged Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net); <strong><em>See also<\/em><\/strong> (similar species; <a href=\"https:\/\/entnemdept.ufl.edu\/creatures\/misc\/beetles\/banded_net-winged_beetle.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Banded Net-winged Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Florida)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/10079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rhododendron Leafhopper<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.ces.ncsu.edu\/biological-control-information-center\/beneficial-predators\/robber-fly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Robber Flies<\/strong><\/a> (NC State Extension)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/20274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>Efferia aestuans<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hort.extension.wisc.edu\/articles\/rove-beetles-staphylinidae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Rove Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (University of Wisconsin-Madison)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9548\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Gold-and-brown Rove Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/15625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hairy Rove Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/210018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Ocypus nitens<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/62188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Russet Alder Leaf Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/108154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sapwood Timberworm<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uky.edu\/Ag\/CritterFiles\/casefile\/insects\/scorpionflies\/scorpionflies.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Scorpionflies<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Univ. of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/silverfish-and-firebrats\/\"><strong>Silverfish<\/strong><\/a> (and Firebrats)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/small-headed-fly\/\"><strong>Small-headed Fly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/spider-beetles\/\"><strong>Spider Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (people sometimes mistake these for spiders, bed bugs, or ticks)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/springtails\/\"><b>Springtails \/ Snowfleas<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/748294\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Spring Firefly larvae<\/strong><\/a> (Genus <em>Pyractomena<\/em>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Stoneflies<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (the nymphs are aquatic) (BugGuide.net)<b><\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/39480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Small Winter Stoneflies<\/strong><\/a> (Family Capniidae)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/42234\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Winter Stoneflies<\/strong><\/a> (Family Taeniopterygidae)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/11426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sugar Maple Borer<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/2970\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/syrphid-flies\/\"><b>Syrphid Flies<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (also called\u00a0Hover Flies or\u00a0Flower Flies)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tachina (Tachinid) Flies<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9906\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><span class=\"bgpage-taxon-desc\"><i>Cylindromyia<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/33088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>Hystricia abrupta<\/em><\/strong><\/a>) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><i><strong>Juriniopsis adusta<\/strong> <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<i><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/35722\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tanbark Borer \/ Violet Tanbark Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (often encountered when they emerge indoors from oak firewood) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/migrated_unmanaged_files\/Resource001192_Rep1517.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Three-lined Potato Beetle [pdf]<\/strong><\/a> (UNH)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu\/galveston\/beneficials\/beneficial-33_tiger_beetles.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Tiger Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Texas A&amp;M)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/check_lists\/77524-Tiger-Beetles-of-Vermont\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tiger Beetles of Vermont<\/strong><\/a> (iNaturalist)<\/li>\n<li>Maine IF&amp;W: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/ifw\/fish-wildlife\/wildlife\/species-information\/invertebrates\/rare-tiger-beetles.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Rare Tiger Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/ground-beetles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ground and Tiger Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Six-spotted Tiger Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"Species\" href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/28744\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tomentose Burying Beetle<\/a> <\/strong>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/tortoise-beetles\/\"><strong>Tortoise Beetles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tree Crickets<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/8003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Narrow-winged Tree Cricket<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net) | <a href=\"https:\/\/orthsoc.org\/sina\/590a.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen to the &#8216;call&#8217; made by a similar species<\/a> (Singing Insects of North America)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/9013\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Two-spotted Tree Cricket<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Velvet Ants<\/strong> \u2014 these are actually solitary wasps with females that look like fuzzy ants and are equipped with a very painful stinger, giving rise to two other common names: \u201cmule killers\u201d and \u201ccow killers\u201d because of the intensity of the pain. <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/148391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>Dasymutilla gibbosa<\/i><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/water-boatmen-backswimmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Water Boatmen<\/strong><\/a> (UWM)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/texasinsects.tamu.edu\/water-scavenger-beetle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Water Scavenger Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Texas A&amp;M)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/water-scorpions\/\"><strong><b>Waterscorpions<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/water-striders\/\"><strong><b>Water Striders<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/winter-firefly\/\"><strong>Winter Firefly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/western-conifer-seed-bugs\/\"><strong>Western Conifer Seed Bug<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cockroaches\/\"><strong>Wood Roaches<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Gallery: Curiosities Nearly all of our caterpillar, butterfly and\/or moth entries are now in their own respective categories within our Photo Gallery so please look there if you know you are looking for one of those insect types. 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