{"id":7547,"date":"2019-02-19T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T19:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/?page_id=7547"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:27:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:27:55","slug":"yard-garden-woodlot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/yard-garden-woodlot\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawn, Tree and Ornamental Critters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><strong>See also our <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/lawn-tree-ornamental\/\">photo collection of Lawn, Tree and Ornamental Pests and Critters<\/a><\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/Yard-Garden-Woodlot.jpg\" alt=\"A flower in a small garden for marking the &quot;Yard, Garden and Woodlot Pests&quot; category of critters one might find in Maine.\" width=\"379\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/Yard-Garden-Woodlot.jpg 379w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/Yard-Garden-Woodlot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/Yard-Garden-Woodlot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/Yard-Garden-Woodlot-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/Yard-Garden-Woodlot-317x317.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/02\/Yard-Garden-Woodlot-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,379px\" \/><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/allegheny-mound-ant\/\">Allegheny Mound Ant<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/maine-ticks\/american-dog-tick\/\">American Dog Tick<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/ants\/\">Ants<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/aphids\/\"><strong><b>Aphids<\/b><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nysipm.cornell.edu\/factsheets\/treefruit\/pests\/ab\/ab.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Apple-Boring Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/armyworms\/\"><b>Armyworms<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/asian-longhorned-beetle\/\"><b>Asian Longhorned Beetle<\/b><\/a> (invasive) <\/strong> (no confirmed sightings in Maine as yet)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/asiatic-garden-beetle\/\"><strong><b>Asiatic Garden Beetle<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/asparagus-beetles\/\"><strong><b>Asparagus Beetles (Common and Spotted)<\/b><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/aster-leafhopper\/\">Aster Leafhopper<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/lace-bugs\/\">Azalea Lace Bug<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/azalea-leafminer\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Azalea Leafminer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/bald-faced-hornet\/\"><strong>Bald-faced Hornets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/bark-beetles\/\"><strong>Bark Beetles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/bean-leaf-beetle\/\"><strong>Bean Leaf Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/black-flies\/\"><b>Black Flies<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/maine-ticks\/deer-tick-or-black-legged-tick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Black-legged Tick\/Deer Tick <\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/black-vine-weevil\/\"><b>Black Vine Weevil<\/b><\/a><\/strong><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/blister-beetles\/\"><strong>Blister Beetles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/blow-flies-and-flesh-flies\/\"><strong>Blow Flies and Flesh Flies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blueberry <\/strong><strong>Insect Pests<\/strong> (specific to Maine low-bush blueberry):\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/blueberries\/factsheets\/insects\/200-blueberry-flea-beetle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blueberry Flea Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/blueberries\/factsheets\/insects\/201-monitoring-for-the-blueberry-maggot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blueberry Maggot<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/blueberries\/factsheets\/insects\/197-blueberry-spanworm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blueberry Spanworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/blueberries\/factsheets\/insects\/202-blueberry-thrips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Blueberry Thrips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/blueberries\/factsheets\/insects\/205-red-striped-fireworm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Red-striped Fireworm<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spotted-wing Drosophila<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(invasive) (<em>see<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/frequent-fruit-flies\/\">Fruit Flies<\/a>)<\/strong><b><\/b><\/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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/brown-tail-moth\/\">Browntail Moth\/Caterpillar<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cabbage-looper\/\"><strong>Cabbage Looper<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cabbage-maggot\/\"><strong>Cabbage Maggot<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/imported-cabbageworm\/\"><strong>Cabbageworm\/Imported Cabbageworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/graphocephala-coccinea\/\"><b>Candy-striped Leafhopper<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/carpenter-ants\/\"><strong>Carpenter Ants<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/photos-caterpillars-to-adults\/\"><strong>Caterpillars<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/chinch-bugs\/\">Chinch Bugs<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/click-beetles\/\">Click Beetles<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/colorado-potato-beetle\/\"><strong>Colorado Potato Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/asparagus-beetles\/\"><strong>Common Asparagus Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/common-stalk-borer\/\"><strong>Common Stalk Borer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/corn-earworm\/\"><strong>Corn Earworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/corn-rootworm\/\"><b>Corn Rootworm<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(Northern, Western &amp; Southern)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/crickets\/\"><strong>Crickets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/striped-cucumber-beetle\/\"><b>Cucumber Beetle<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Striped Cucumber Beetle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Curve-toothed Geometer<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cutworms\/\"><strong>Cutworms<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/deer-flies\/\">Deer Flies<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/maine-ticks\/deer-tick-or-black-legged-tick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deer Tick<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/diamondback-moth\/\"><strong>Diamondback Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/centipedes\/\"><strong>Diamondback Soil Centipede<\/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><strong><b><\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/maine-ticks\/american-dog-tick\/\">Dog Tick<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/drain-flies\/\"><b>Drain Flies<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(also called <strong>Moth Flies<\/strong>) (around sewage or other wet areas)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/earwigs\/\"><strong>Earwigs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/bark-beetles\/\"><strong>Eastern Ash Bark Beetle<\/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:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/hemlock-looper\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Hemlock Looper<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cpb-us-east-1-juc1ugur1qwqqqo4.stackpathdns.com\/blogs.cornell.edu\/dist\/3\/3809\/files\/2013\/11\/Termites-22k9ha0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Subterranean <\/strong><strong>Termites (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell University)<em> \u2014 Rare in Maine; mostly occur only in pocket areas in some southern and coastal locations<\/em>.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/eastern-tent-caterpillars-2\/\"><b>Eastern Tent Caterpillars<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/elm-sawfly\/\"><strong>Elm Sawfly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/emerald-ash-borer\/\"><b>Emerald Ash Borer<\/b><\/a> <\/strong><strong> (invasive)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/euonymus-caterpillars\/\"><b>Euonymus Caterpillars<\/b><\/a><\/strong><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/european-chafer\/\"><strong>European Chafer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/european-corn-borer\/\"><strong>European Corn Borer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/invasive-species\/\">European Crane Fly<\/a><\/strong><strong> (invasive)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>European Hornet<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/european-pine-sawfly\/\"><strong>European Pine Sawfly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/publications\/2550e\/\"><b>European Red Ant \/ European Fire Ant<\/b><\/a> (invasive) <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/european-red-mite\/\"><strong>European Red Mite<\/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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/fall-armyworm\/\">Fall Armyworm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/fall-webworm\/\"><strong>Fall Webworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/frequentspiders\/fishingspider\/\"><strong>Fishing Spider<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/flea-beetles\/\"><strong>Flea Beetles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/blow-flies-and-flesh-flies\/\"><strong>Flesh Flies and Blow Flies<\/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 title=\"Forest Pests\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/mfs\/forest_health\/forest_pest_index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Forest Pests<\/strong><\/a> (Maine Forest Service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/forest-tent-caterpillars\/\"><strong>Forest Tent Caterpillars<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/frequent-fruit-flies\/\"><strong>Fruit Flies<\/strong><\/a> (includes information about Spotted-wing Drosophila)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entnemdept.ufl.edu\/creatures\/orn\/beetles\/fuller_rose_beetle.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Fuller Rose Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (weevil) (Univ. of Florida)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/yellow-garden-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Garden Spider<\/b><\/a> (Penn State) <strong><i>see also<\/i><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/wildlife.ohiodnr.gov\/species-and-habitats\/species-guide-index\/insects-spiders-and-other-invertebrates\/black-and-yellow-garden-spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Ohio DNR<\/b><\/a><\/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\/44029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Golden Ground Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (metallic green but with gold reflections) (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1582841\/bgimage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Golden Paper Wasps<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/green-peach-aphids\/\"><strong>Green Peach Aphids<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/maine-ticks\/woodchuck-tick\/\"><strong>Groundhog (Woodchuck) Tick<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/frequent-white-grubs\/\"><strong>Grubs (White Grubs)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>G**** Moth<\/strong> \u2014 <em>find it now by its new name of<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/lymantria-dispar\/\"><strong>Spongy Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/hemlock-looper\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hemlock Looper<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hemlock-woolly-adelgid\/\"><strong>Hemlock Woolly Adelgid<\/strong><\/a><strong> (invasive)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hickory-tussock-moth\/\"><b>Hickory Tussock Caterpillar<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.extension.org\/bee_health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Honey bees<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (eXtension.org)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Hornets\/Wasps\/Yellowjackets<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/horntails\/\"><strong>Horntails<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornworms\/\"><strong>Hornworms<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/horse-flies\/\"><strong>Horse Flies<\/strong><\/a><\/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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/syrphid-flies\/\"><b>Hover Flies<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (also called Flower Flies or Syrphid Flies)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/taxonomy\/Sphingidae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Hummingbird Clearwing Moths (or Hummingbird Hawk-moths)<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (USGS) | <a href=\"http:\/\/extension.missouri.edu\/publications\/DisplayPub.aspx?P=IPM1019-10#Clearwinged\"><b>Caterpillar stage<\/b><\/a> (University of Missouri)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/imported-cabbageworm\/\"><strong>Imported Cabbageworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/taxonomy\/Geometridae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Inchworms<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(<strong>Loopers<\/strong>\/<strong>Geometers<\/strong>) (USGS) <strong>|<\/strong> See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/foresthealth\/technology\/pdfs\/Caterpillars_of_Eastern_Forests.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> (pp 69-85) (US Forest Service)<\/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\/frequent-specimens\/frequent-japanese-beetles\/\"><strong>Japanese Beetles<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 <strong>includes a <\/strong><strong>video: How to Get Rid of Japanese Beetles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tolweb.org\/Salticidae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Jumping Spiders<\/b><\/a> (University of Arizona)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jumping Worms <\/strong>(Maine\u2019s Department of ACF<span id=\"idm45937856\" class=\"question-label active\" role=\"heading\"> would like to emphasize that this worm is relatively widespread at this point\u201313 counties as of August 2023\u2013so please do not panic if you believe or know that you have some on your property.)<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/php\/horticulture\/jumpingworms.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jumping\/Snake (Amynthas) Worms in Maine<\/strong><\/a> (Maine Dept of ACF)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/landscape\/fact-sheets\/invasive-jumping-worm-frequently-asked-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/a> (UMass Extension)<\/li>\n<li>If you believe you\u2019ve found a Jumping Worm in Maine: <strong><em>(link recently corrected)<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/da099be43ba642799f9c359345257b2f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jumping Worm(s) Report Form<\/strong><\/a> (Maine Dept of ACF)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/may-june-beetles\/\"><strong>June Beetles<\/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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/lace-bugs\/\"><b>Lace Bugs<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu\/lacewings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Lacewings<\/strong><\/a> (Virginia Tech)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ladybugs \/ Ladybird Beetles <\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/multicolored-asian-lady-beetle\/\"><strong>Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle<\/strong><\/a>)<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/ants\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Larger Yellow Ants<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/critter-id\/habitat\/laughercaterpillar-labeled\/\"><b>Laugher (<i>Charadra deridens<\/i>)<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5039e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Leafhoppers<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 <em><strong>see also<\/strong>:<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/aster-leafhopper\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Aster Leafhopper<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/graphocephala-coccinea\/\"><b>Candy-striped Leafhopper<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/potatoes\/ipm\/field-guide\/potato-leafhopper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Potato Leafhopper<\/strong><\/a> (part of UMaine Extension\u2019s Potato IPM Program)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edis.ifas.ufl.edu\/topic_family_gracillariidae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Leafminers<\/strong><\/a> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/lily-leaf-beetle\/\">Lily Leaf Beetle<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipm.iastate.edu\/ipm\/iiin\/broundhea.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Longhorned Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (and Roundheaded Borers) (Iowa State Univ.) \u2014 <em><strong>see also<\/strong> listing for Asian Longhorned Beetle<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/taxonomy\/Geometridae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><b>Loopers<\/b><\/strong><\/a> (USGS) <strong>|<\/strong> See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/foresthealth\/technology\/pdfs\/Caterpillars_of_Eastern_Forests.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Caterpillars of Eastern Forests (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> (pp 69-85) (US Forest Service)<\/li>\n<li><strong><b><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/photos-caterpillars-to-adults\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luna Moth (and caterpillar)<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/may-june-beetles\/\"><strong>May\/June Beetles<\/strong><\/a><\/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:\/\/content.ces.ncsu.edu\/mealybugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mealybugs<\/strong><\/a> (greenhouse, nursery and landscape plants) (NC State 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 Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/mexican-bean-beetle\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Mexican Bean Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/monarch\/\"><strong>Monarch Butterfly and Caterpillar<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/mfs\/forest_health\/insects\/mosquitoes.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Mosquitoes<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Maine Forest Service) <strong><em>see also:<\/em><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5109e\/\"><b>Mosquito Biology<\/b><\/a> (UMaine Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5110e\/\"><b>Mosquito Management<\/b><\/a> (UMaine Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5108e\/\"><b>Insect Repellents<\/b><\/a> (UMaine Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/ncidod\/dvbid\/westnile\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>West Nile Virus<\/b><\/a> (CDC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/publications\/1003e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Preventing Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) Virus in Maine<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/drain-flies\/\"><b>Moth Flies<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(also called <strong>Drain Flies<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/gallery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Moths<\/strong><\/a> (The Butterflies and Moths of North America project)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/maine-ticks\/mouse-tick\/\"><b>Mouse Tick<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.cornell.edu\/bitstream\/handle\/1813\/43117\/phytophagous-mirid-FS-NYSIPM.pdf?sequence=1&amp;isAllowed=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Mullein Plant Bug<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/multicolored-asian-lady-beetle\/\"><strong>Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/sawyer-beetles\/\"><b>Northeastern Pine Sawyer Beetle<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ipm.illinois.edu\/fieldcrops\/insects\/corn_rootworm\/factsheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Northern Corn Rootworm<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(includes Western &amp; Southern also) (Univ. of Illinois)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/spiders\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nursery Web Spider<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.cornell.edu\/handle\/1813\/43111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Oblique-banded Leafroller<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5031e\/\"><strong>Onion Maggots<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.entomology.cornell.edu\/shelton\/veg-insects-global\/english\/thrips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Onion Thrips<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/paintedlady-101017\/\"><b>Painted Lady Butterfly<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Paper Wasps\/Yellowjackets\/Hornets<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/pavement-ants\/\"><b>Pavement Ants<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cockroaches\/\"><strong>Pennsylvania Wood Roach<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/yard-and-garden-insects\/sap-beetles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Picnic Beetles<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/Internet\/FSE_DOCUMENTS\/stelprdb5351723.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Pine Needle Scale<\/strong><\/a> (US Forest Service)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Antheraea-polyphemus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Polyphemus Moth<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Butterflies and Moths of North America Project)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/water-striders\/\"><b>Pond Skaters (Water Striders)<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/potatoes\/ipm\/field-guide\/aphids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Potato (and other) Aphids<\/strong><\/a> (part of UMaine Extension\u2019s Potato IPM Program)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/potatoes\/ipm\/field-guide\/potato-leafhopper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Potato Leafhopper<\/strong><\/a> (part of UMaine Extension\u2019s Potato IPM Program)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5019e\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Powderpost Beetles<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.ca.uky.edu\/ef418\" 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><b>Raspberry Insect Pests:<\/b><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/resources\/files\/Resource000552_Rep574.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Raspberry Cane Borer (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/resources\/files\/Resource005935_Rep8322.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Raspberry Cane Maggot (PDF)<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/resource\/raspberry-crown-borer-fact-sheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Raspberry Crown Borer<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.extension.umn.edu\/garden\/diagnose\/insect\/garden\/caterpillars\/small\/raspberryfruitwormlarva.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Raspberry Fruitworm<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Minnesota Extension) | <a href=\"https:\/\/nhipm.wordpress.com\/2017\/05\/11\/may-11-2017-volume-xiii-no-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Photo of Raspberry Fruitworm Adult (Beetle)<\/strong><\/a> <em>(scroll to bottom of page once there)<\/em> (Univ. of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/black-vine-weevil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Raspberry Weevil<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spotted-wing Drosophila<\/strong><strong> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/frequent-fruit-flies\/\">Fruit Flies<\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.cornell.edu\/handle\/1813\/43125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Red-banded Leafroller<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/insects\/red-headed-flea-beetle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Redheaded Flea Beetle<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(part of UMaine Extension\u2019s Cranberry IPM Program)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\/agriculture-food-environment\/landscape\/publications-resources\/insect-mite-guide\/schizura-concinna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Red-humped Caterpillars<\/a><\/strong> (UMass)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/rose-chafer\/\"><strong>Rose Chafer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/treefruit.wsu.edu\/crop-protection\/opm\/rose-leafhopper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rose Leafhopper<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Washington)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cues.cfans.umn.edu\/old\/extpubs\/6953rosepests\/6953_01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rose Sawflies<\/strong><\/a> (three foliage-feeding species) (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.cornell.edu\/items\/312bf616-d491-4b62-ba8b-d269ad262a9b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Roundheaded Apple Tree Borer<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipm.iastate.edu\/ipm\/iiin\/brovebee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Rove Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Iowa State Univ.)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/yard-and-garden-insects\/sap-beetles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Sap Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (Univ. of Minnesota Extension)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hort.extension.wisc.edu\/articles\/sawflies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sawflies<\/a><\/strong> (Univ. of Wisconsin Extension)|<strong><em>See also<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umn.edu\/yard-and-garden-insects\/sawflies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Sawflies<\/strong><\/a> (UMN Extension)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/elm-sawfly\/\"><strong>Elm Sawfly<\/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:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/european-apple-sawfly\/\"><strong>European Apple Sawfly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/european-pine-sawfly\/\"><strong>European Pine Sawfly<\/strong><\/a><\/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:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/77463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Striped Alder Sawfly<\/strong><\/a> (hosts include red alder, paper birch and willow)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/white-pine-sawfly\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>White Pine Sawfly<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/sawyer-beetles\/\"><b>Sawyer Beetles<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/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\/common-name-listing\/slugs-and-snails\/\"><strong>Slugs and Snails<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/springtails\/\"><b>Snowfleas<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/sod-webworms-lawns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sod Webworm<\/strong><\/a> (the larvae feed on grass) (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/mfs\/forest_health\/documents\/southern-pine-beetle.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Southern Pine Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (<em><span id=\"page3R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Dendroctonus frontalis<\/span><\/span><\/em>) \u2014 Detected in Waterboro, Maine in October, 2021 (Maine Forest Service) | Some <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/898619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Photos<\/strong> <strong>of the Southern Pine Beetle<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/spiders\/\"><strong>Spiders<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/lymantria-dispar\/\"><strong>Spongy Moth<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/asparagus-beetles\/\"><strong>Spotted Asparagus Beetle<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spotted Lanternfly<\/strong> (planthopper) (find it on our <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/invasive-species\/\"><strong>Invasive Species<\/strong><\/a> page)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spotted Wing Drosophila<\/strong> <strong> (invasive) (<em>see<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/frequent-fruit-flies\/\">Fruit Flies<\/a>) <\/strong><\/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:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/sprucebudworm-larva\/\"><strong>Spruce Budworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/squash-beetle\/\"><strong>Squash Beetles \/ Squash Lady Beetles<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5039e\/\"><strong>Squash Bugs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/squash-vine-borer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Squash Vine Borer<\/strong><\/a> (Penn State)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entnemdept.ufl.edu\/creatures\/URBAN\/MEDICAL\/Stomoxys_calcitrans.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Stable Fly<\/strong><\/a> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/common-stalk-borer\/\"><strong>Stalk Borer \/ Common Stalk Borer<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/stink-bugs\/\"><strong>Stink Bugs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/photo-gallery\/aquatics\/stonefly-2\/\"><b>Stoneflies<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ecommons.cornell.edu\/handle\/1813\/43131\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Strawberry Clipper Weevil<\/strong><\/a> (also called Strawberry Bud Weevil or Strawberry Root Weevil) (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pnwhandbooks.org\/insect\/small-fruit\/strawberry\/strawberry-root-weevil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Strawberry Root Weevil<\/b><\/a> (Oregon State University Extension)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/extensionpubs.umext.maine.edu\/ePOS\/form=item.html&amp;item=2370&amp;store=413\"><strong>Strawberry Rootworm<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/striped-cucumber-beetle\/\">Striped Cucumber Beetle<\/a><\/strong><\/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\/128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sweat Bees<\/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:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/photo-gallery\/beneficials\/tachinidflies-2\/\"><strong>Tachina (Tachinid) Flies<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/tarnished-plant-bug\/\"><strong>Tarnished Plant Bug<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tent Caterpillars<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/eastern-tent-caterpillars\/\"><b>Eastern Tent Caterpillars<\/b><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/forest-tent-caterpillars\/\">Forest Tent Caterpillars<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5039e\/\"><strong>Thrips<\/strong><\/a> (vectors of tospoviruses including Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus and Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/\"><strong>Ticks<\/strong><\/a><\/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>Common genus:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~rtbell\/Tigers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Cicindela<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (University of Vermont)<\/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<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornworms\/\"><b>Tobacco Hornworm<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/giant-water-bug\/\"><b>Toe-Biter<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (also called <strong>Giant Water Bug<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornworms\/\"><b>Tomato Hornworm<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/tussock-moth-caterpillars\/\"><strong>Tussock Caterpillars<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Viburnum Leaf Beetle<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cornell.app.box.com\/s\/3xpvorynp9q2gtudx0lr23ftv8rwrp0a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viburnum Leaf Beetle Fact Sheet (pdf)<\/a><\/strong> (Cornell Cooperative Extension)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/landscape\/fact-sheets\/viburnum-leaf-beetle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Viburnum Leaf Beetle Fact Sheet<\/a><\/strong> (UMass Extension)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/nurspest\/insects\/viburnum-leaf-beetle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/agsci.oregonstate.edu\/nurspest\/insects\/viburnum-leaf-beetle&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1784664016173000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2m8O4GFp1A_u3mjJteQ7iA\">Viburnum Leaf Beetle<\/a><\/strong> (Oregon State University) (good photos)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.unh.edu\/blog\/what-eating-leaves-my-viburnum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>What is eating the leaves of my viburnum?<\/em><\/a> <\/strong>(Univ. of New Hampshire Extension)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Wasps\/Hornets\/Yellowjackets<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/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>Water Scorpions<\/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\/frequent-specimens\/western-conifer-seed-bugs\/\"><strong>Western Conifer Seed Bug<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ipm.illinois.edu\/fieldcrops\/insects\/corn_rootworm\/factsheet.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Western Corn Rootworm<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(includes Northern and Southern also) (University of Illinois)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.missouri.edu\/publications\/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G7275\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Whiteflies<\/strong><\/a> (University of Missouri)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/sawyer-beetles\/\"><b>Whitespotted Sawyer Beetle<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/frequent-specimens\/frequent-white-grubs\/\"><strong>White Grubs<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ipm\/ipddl\/publications\/5042e\/\"><strong>White Pine Weevil<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maine.gov\/dacf\/mfs\/forest_health\/insects\/winter_moth.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Winter Moth<\/strong><\/a> (Maine Forest Service) | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpswell.maine.gov\/vertical\/Sites\/%7B3F690C92-5208-4D62-BAFB-2559293F6CAE%7D\/uploads\/WMBarrierHowTo_band.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Banding trees [pdf]<\/a> to capture the moths or caterpillars<\/strong> (helpful instructions from the Town of Harpswell) [<strong><em>see also <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.umass.edu\/sites\/ag.umass.edu\/files\/fact-sheets\/pdf\/winter_moth_recommendations_in_blueberry.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Control of Winter Moth Damage in New England Blueberries (PDF)<\/b><\/a> &#8212; UMass] [2012 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2012\/06\/04\/outdoors\/infestation-of-winter-moths-found-for-first-time-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bangor Daily winter moth story<\/a><\/strong>] and the <a href=\"http:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/MEDACF\/bulletins\/127455f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Maine Forest Service Press Release<\/strong><\/a> (Nov-Dec 2015) <em>&#8220;When moths fly with snow, let the Maine Forest Service know!&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/click-beetles\/\"><strong>Wireworms<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/woodchuck-tick-ixodes-cookei\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Woodchuck Tick<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/ticks\/maine-ticks\/american-dog-tick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Wood Tick\/American Dog Tick<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/cockroaches\/\"><strong>Wood Roach<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Woollybear Caterpillars <\/strong>(BugGuide.net)<strong>: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/539\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Banded Woollybear<\/b><\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/498\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Yellow Woollybear<\/b><\/a><\/strong><b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Yellowjackets\/Hornets\/Wasps<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ento.psu.edu\/extension\/factsheets\/yellownecked-caterpillar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Yellownecked Caterpillars<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(Penn State University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See also our photo collection of Lawn, Tree and Ornamental Pests and Critters Allegheny Mound Ant American Dog Tick Ants Aphids\u00a0 Apple-Boring Beetles (Cornell) Armyworms Asian Longhorned Beetle (invasive) (no confirmed sightings in Maine as yet) Asiatic Garden Beetle Asparagus Beetles (Common and 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