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In The News (late September):
EEE (Eastern Equine Encephalitis)
Below are the most common specimens that our Insect Diagnostic Lab handles on a routine basis, either through phone and email inquiries, mail or in-person deliveries, or conversations with people stopping by.
ANTS:
Carpenter Ants:
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Carpenter Ant - click for larger view including some additional views A wingless carpenter ant queen - click for a larger view
wingless queen
Pavement Ants:
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Larger Yellow Ants:
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Larger Yellow Ants - click for a larger and an expanded view additional photo
(includes queens)
European Red Ants:
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Allegheny Mound Ants:
(beneficial in some settings)
 html || pdf photo link (single ant)
photo link (nesting mound)
White Grubs:
(a complex of several species of Scarab beetles that all look very similar to one another)		 html
see also:
html.(U. Illinois) || pdf.(Penn State) (includes photos)		 White Grubs - click for expanded view
Maine's most common beetle grubs (Family Scarabidae) that are collectively referred to as 'White Grubs':
1). May and June Beetle grubs:
(Phyllophaga spp.)		 html.(U. Maryland) photo link
2). Asiatic Garden Beetle grubs Click for a photo of the larval stage (grub) of Asiatic Garden Beetle: html (U.Vermont)
html (Purdue) (includes photos)
3). European Chafer grubs: html.(Cornell) (illustrations included)
html (Purdue) (color photos included)
4). Japanese Beetle grubs: html || pdf.(Ohio State Univ.) (illustrations included)
Mites: html (dust mites)
html (spider mites)
Two-spotted Spider Mites on boxwood - click for expanded view (spider mites)
Spiders: html || pdf
see also
html.(Penn State) (includes photos)
html.(Univ. of Kentucky) (includes photos)
Barn Funnel Weaver: html.(Penn State) (includes photo)
Crab Spiders: html.(Michigan State Univ.) (includes photo)
Fishing Spider (fairly large in size): html.(Penn State) (includes photo)
Jumping Spiders: Click to see a photo of a kind of spider commonly called a jumping spider.html (Univ. of Arizona)
Marbled Orbweaver: html.(Penn State) (includes photos)
Yellow Garden Spider: html.(Penn State) (includes photos)
Wolf Spiders: html.(Penn State) (includes photo)
Japanese Beetle: html || pdf Japanese Beetle on milkweed - click for larger view
Ticks: html || pdf
see also the Maine Medical Center's Ticks in Maine page for Lyme disease information, tips and photos. They will also identify ticks for you. You may also wish to visit the Ticks and Lyme Disease page by the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention.
American Dog or Wood Tick - click for larger view American Dog Tick
Deer Tick (Fact Sheet)
(Carrier/Transmitter of Lyme Disease)
Click to see a photo of a female deer tick via BugGuide.net (photo via BugGuide.net)
[Lyme Disease rash photos]
Photo Link comparing the American Dog Tick together with the Deer or Black-legged Tick
Bedbugs: html || pdf photo link
Yellowjackets: html || pdf || y En Español (U.Kentucky) Yellowjacket - click for a larger view
Indian Meal Moths: html (Penn State) photo link
Carpet Beetles: html || pdf Black Carpet Beetles and Larvae - click for a larger and an expanded view
Rose Chafer: html.(Univ. of Minn) Rose Chafer - click for a larger and an expanded view
Fruit flies: html (Iowa State Univ.) photo link
Fleas: html || pdf photo link (Cat Flea)
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