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link to a listing of common Maine lawn, tree and ornamental pests
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BEES, HORNETS & WASPS:
Bees, hornets and wasps are largely beneficial to the environment--as pollinators of plants, and in many cases as predators of agricultural and other insect pests--but sometimes they can become a problem and a health concern for homeowners.

Bald-faced Hornet / White-faced Hornet
see also wikipedia's image
html (Iowa State Univ)

Paper Wasps
html || pdf || y En Español (U.KY)
Yellowjacket & European Hornet - click for a larger view of each one
Yellowjacket and
European Hornet
(side-by-side comparison)
html || pdf || y En Español (U.KY)
.
HOUSEHOLD PESTS:
Bed Bugs
photo available via linkPhoto Link#1
photo available via linkPhoto Link#2
html || pdf
Photo: Life Stages
+ Life Cycle Diagram
Blow Flies
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html (IA State)
Carpenter Ant - click for larger view including some additional views
Carpenter Ants
Click for a photo of a wingless queen carpenter antQueen (wingless)
html || pdf
Black Carpet Beetles and Larvae - click for a larger and an expanded view
Carpet Beetles
(Black Carpet Beetle)
html || pdf
Chinch Bugs
(lawn pest)
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html || pdf
Clothes Moths
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html || pdf (U. KY)
Cluster Flies
html || pdf
see also
Cluster Fly photo available via link to Univ. of Guelph, Ontario, Canadahtml (Univ. of Guelph)
Click for expanded view (brown-banded plus German cockroaches)
Cockroaches
html || pdf
Drain Flies
photo available via linkPhoto Link (Iowa)
html (Ohio State)
Earwig - click for larger view
Earwigs
html || pdf
Fleas
photo available via linkCat Fleas (U.Minn.)
html || pdf
Flesh Flies
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html (IA State)
Flour Beetles - click for a larger and an expanded view
Flour Beetles
html || pdf

Fungus Gnats
photo available via linkAdult (Texas)
html (Ohio State)
Grain Beetles - click for Saw-toothed and Merchant Grain Beetle photos
Grain Beetles
html || pdf
Head Lice (Body Louse) - click for a larger and an additional view
Head Lice
html || pdf
see also
School IPM Action Plan for Head Lice (eXtension)
House Fly - click for larger view
House Fly
html (U.Florida)
Indian Mealmoth adult - click for a larger image including some additional views
Indian Mealmoth
photo available via link(additional Photo)
html (Penn State)
Larder Beetle larvae & adult - click for a larger and an expanded view
Larder Beetles

html || pdf
Lesser Mealworm
photo available via linkLarva || photo available via linkAdult
(U. Florida)
html || pdf
Mealworm larvae & adults - click for larger view
Mealworm
html || pdf
Two-spotted Spider Mites on boxwood - click for expanded view
Mites [Spider Mites]
[Dust Mites - Univ. of Florida]
Powderpost Beetle - click for a larger view
Powderpost Beetles
html || pdf
Silverfish - click for larger view
Silverfish
html (Ohio State)
Jump to our section with links to numerous spider photos
Jump to our section with links to numerous tick photos
Termites - click for a larger and an expanded view
Termites
(Ohio State)
 (very rare in Maine; mostly occur in pocket areas in southern or coastal locations)
Occasional Household Invaders:
Click for larger and expanded view of a pair of millipedes
Millipedes
pdf (U. Maryland)
Click for larger, expanded view of a Multi-colored Asian Lady Beetle adul
Multicolored Asian
Lady Beetle
html (USDA)
Sowbugs - click for larger and expanded view
Sowbugs
pdf (U. Maryland)
Click for larger view of Western Conifer Seed Bug
Western Conifer Seed Bug
html (Penn State)
Jump to our section with links to numerous spider photos
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VEGETABLE PESTS:
Aphids - click for additional images
Aphids
html || pdf
html (potatoes)
Armyworms - click for larger view (3 larvae in full image)
Armyworms
html || pdf
Asparagus Beetles - larvae and adults - click for larger view
Asparagus Beetle
html (Penn State)
html (K.State)
Blister beetle - click for expanded view
Blister beetles
html (U.Florida)
Cabbage Looper - click for larger view
Cabbage Looper
html (U.Florida)
Colorado Potato Beetle - larvae and adults - click for larger view
Colorado Potato Beetle
html || also html
Corn Earworm - click for expanded view, with larvae and moths
Corn Earworm
Striped Cucumber Beetle - click for larger view
Cucumber Beetle
(Striped Cucumber Beetle).html || pdf
Cutworm photos - click to see some additional photos
Cutworms
html || pdf
Diamondback moth - click for larger view including a larva and cocoon
Diamondback Moth
html (U.Florida)
European corn borer - click for larger view of larvae plus an adult
European Corn Borer
html(sweet corn)
html (potatoes)
Fall Armyworm on corn leaf - click for larger view
Fall Armyworm
Flea beetles - click for additional images
Flea beetles
html (UNH)
html (U.Vermont)
html (Colorado State)
Tomato Hornworm on tomato - click for larger view
Hornworms
html (K.State)
Imported Cabbageworm - on lettuce - click for expanded view
Imported Cabbageworm
html || pdf
Japanese Beetle on milkweed - click for larger view
Japanese Beetle
html || pdf
Leafminers on alfalfa and beets - click for larger view
Leafminers
html (U.Florida)
Mexican Bean Beetle - eggs, larvae and adults - click for expanded view
Mexican Bean Beetle
html (U.Florida)
Northern Corn Rootworm Beetle - click for a larger and expanded view
 Northern Corn
Rootworm
photo available via linkbeetle closeup (Iowa State Univ.)
Northern, Western & Southern: html.(U.Illinois)
Potato Leafhopper - link for additional images & expanded view
Potato Leafhopper
html || pdf(general)
Seed Corn Maggot
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html.(U. Minnesota)
Slugs, their trails, and leaf damage - click for expanded view
Slugs
html || pdf
Squash Bug - click for larger view
Squash Bug
html || pdf
Squash Vine Borer larva - click for expanded view, plus damage symptoms
Squash Vine Borer
html (Ohio State)
html (Penn State)
Two-spotted Spider Mites on boxwood - click for expanded view
Two-spotted
Spider Mite
html || pdf
White Grubs - click for expanded view
White Grubs
html || pdf
Wireworms - click for expanded view, including adult stage
Wireworms
(Click Beetle larvae)
html || pdf
also html

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FRUIT PESTS:
Apples: see also UMaine Extension's Apple IPM pages, for pest report newsletters, publications, and more! You may also wish to visit the University of Kentucky's Fact Sheet entitled Controlling Apple Insect Pests
Blueberries: see also UMaine Extension's Wild Blueberry Insect Fact Sheets (good photos included) or, for highbush blueberries, visit Insect Management in Blueberries at the University of Florida.
Apple Maggot fly - click for an expanded view, including two larvae
Apple Maggot
html || pdf (U.Minn)
Black Vine Weevil adult - click for a larger view
Black Vine Weevil
html.(UMaine)
also html.(BC Canada)
Blueberry Flea Beetle
html || pdf
(includes photos)
Blueberry Maggot - Click for a larger and expanded view, including an image of the adult blueberry maggot fly
Blueberry Maggot
html || pdf
Blueberry Spanworm - click for a larger plus an additional view
Blueberry Spanworm
html || pdf
Blueberry Thrips
html || pdf
(includes photos)
Codling Moth adult - click for a larger view
Codling Moth
(Apple Pest)
html || pdf (U.KY)
A European Apple Sawfly larva - click for a larger and expanded view
European Apple Sawfly
html.(Cornell)
Japanese Beetle on milkweed - click for larger view
Japanese Beetle
html || pdf
Leafminers
(On apples: Spotted Tentiform and Blotch)
photo available via linkPhoto Link (damage)
html (UNH)
Leafhoppers
Potato Leafhopper - link for additional images & expanded view
Potato Leafhopper
html || pdf (general)
White Apple Leafhopper.(WSU) Click for some photos at Washington State UniversityPhoto Link
Rose Leafhopper.(WSU) Click for some photos at Washington State UniversityPhoto Link
Mealybugs - an important apple pest - click for a larger view
Mealybugs

Apple Mealybug
html.(WSU)
Mullein Plant Bug
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html (Cornell)
Obliquebanded Leafroller - click for a larger and an additional view
Obliquebanded Leafroller
(many host plants)
Additional Photo Link
html.(Cornell)
Oriental Fruit Moth
photo available via linkPhoto Link
(photo link for larva)
html (Cornell)
Plum Curculio adult - click for a larger view
Plum Curculio
html || pdf
(Univ. Kentucky)
Raspberry Cane Borer adult - click for larger view, which includes an egg
Raspberry Cane Borer
Photo Link (damage)
html.(U. Minnesota)
Red-Necked Cane Borer
(Raspberry Pest)
photo available via linkPhoto Link.(U.KY)
html.(U. Minnesota)
Raspberry Cane Maggot
photo available via linkPhoto Link (Canada)
html.(U. Minnesota)
Raspberry Crown Borer
photo available via BugGuide.netPhoto Link
html.(U. Minnesota)
Raspberry Fruitworm
photo available via linkPhoto Link (OSU)
html.(U. Minnesota)
Red-banded Leafroller
(Apple & Berry Pest)
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html.(Cornell)
Redheaded Flea Beetle - click for a larger view
Redheaded Flea Beetle
[cranberry & blueberry, but 40+ host plants]
pdf.(Wisconsin); Flea beetles (in general): html: Colorado State.||.UNH.||.U.Vermont
Roundheaded Apple Tree Borer
photo available via linkLarva.|| photo available via linkAdult
(Bugwood Network)
html.(UMaine)
Rose Chafer adult (a kind of Scarab beetle) - click for a larger view
Rose Chafer
html.(U. Minnesota)
San Jose Scale
photo available via BugGuide.netPhoto Link (Iowa)
html (Cornell)
Sap Beetles
(a.k.a. Picnic Beetles)
photo available via linkPhoto Link#1
photo available via linkPhoto Link#2
html.(U. Minnesota)
Strawberry Clipper Weevil
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html.(Univ. of Georgia)
Strawberry Root Weevil adult - click for a larger view
Strawberry Root Weevil
html.(UMaine)
html.(Oregon State Univ. with additional photos)
Strawberry Rootworm
photo available via BugGuide.netPhoto Link
html.(UMaine)
Tarnished Plant Bug
Tarnished Plant Bug - click for a larger view
html || pdf
photo of a Tarnished Plant Bug on a red raspberryOn a raspberry
photo showing Tarnished Plant Bug feeding injury to strawberriesStrawberry injury
see also
html.(Ontario, Canada)
Two-spotted Spider Mites on boxwood - click for expanded view
Two-spotted
Spider Mite
html || pdf
White Grubs - click for expanded view
White Grubs
(pest concern for strawberry and blueberry roots)
html.(U. Minnesota)

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LAWN / TREE / ORNAMENTAL PESTS:
Black Vine Weevil adult - click for a larger view
Black Vine Weevil
(concern for rhododendrons)
html
Chinch Bug
(lawn pest)
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html || pdf
Gypsy Moth Caterpillar - click to see images of the adult moths as well
Gypsy Moth

html || pdf
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid - click for a larger and an expanded view
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
(Southern Maine)
html.(USDA Forest Service)
Japanese Beetle on milkweed - click for larger view
Japanese Beetle
html || pdf
Lily Leaf Beetle - click for a larger version, plus some eggs
Lily Leaf Beetle
html.(UMaine)
also html.(UMass) 
Rose Chafer adult (a kind of Scarab beetle) - click for a larger view
Rose Chafer
html.(U. Minnesota)
Slugs, their trails, and leaf damage - click for expanded view
Slugs
html || pdf
Tent Caterpillars
html || pdf
Forest Tent Caterpillar - click for a larger and an additional image
Forest
Eastern Tent Caterpillar - click for a larger view
Eastern
Thrips
photo available via linkphoto link #1
photo available via linkphoto link #2
html || pdf
Click for a larger view of some Viburnum Leaf Beetle larvae
Viburnum Leaf Beetle
html.(Cornell)
Click for larger view of Western Conifer Seed Bug
Western Conifer Seed Bug
html.(Penn State)
Photo of whiteflies on a leaf - click for a larger and an expanded view
White Flies
html.||.pdf (U.Missouri)
html.(U.Guelph)
White Grubs - click for expanded view
White Grubs
(concern for turf/lawns)
html.(U. Illinois) and pdf.(Penn State)
  
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: html (U.Vermont)
html (Purdue) (includes photos)
Asiatic Garden Beetle grub - click for a larger view
3). European Chafer grubs: html.(Cornell) (illustrations included)
html (Purdue) (color photos included)
4). Japanese Beetle grubs: html || pdf.(Ohio State Univ.) (illustrations included)

MEDICAL / VETERINARY CONCERN:
Bed Bugs
photo available via linkPhoto Link#1
photo available via linkPhoto Link#2
html || pdf
Photo: Life Stages
+ Life Cycle Diagram
Black Fly - click for a larger view, including an additional image
Black Flies
Deer Flies - Click for a larger and an additional image
Deer Flies
html.(Texas A&M Additional photo available at Texas A&M - click the camera or visit their fact sheet to see it)
html.(Ohio State)
Fleas
photo available via linkCat Fleas (U.Minn.)
html || pdf
Head Lice (Body Louse) - click for a larger and an additional view
Head Lice
html || pdf
see also
School IPM Action Plan for Head Lice (eXtension)
Horse Fly - click for a larger view
Horse Flies
html.(Texas A&M)
html.(Ohio State)
Ochlerotatus canadensis (mosquito) - click for a larger view
Mosquitoes
html
(ME Forest Service)
Jump to our section with links to numerous spider photos
Jump to our section with links to numerous tick photos
 

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CURIOSITIES:

Crane Fly
(sometimes a household nuissance)
html.(Texas A&M)
Cecropia Moth - click for a larger view
Cecropia Moth
html (USGS) Includes additional photos, including caterpillar stage
html (U.Missouri)

Click Beetle
html || pdf
[Larvae (wireworms) of many Click beetles are pests of vegetables]
Dobsonfly adult (male) click for an expanded view plus an additional photo
Dobson Fly (male)
Click the camera to link to a photo of a female dobson fly(female)
html (wikipedia)
html (Texas A&M)
A kind of Click beetle called an Eyed Elator
Eyed Elator / Eyed Click Beetle
(larvae feed on rotten wood) html.(Cornell)
Giant Water Bug
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html.(Texas A&M)
Horntail adult - click for a larger and an expanded view
Horntail
(a wasp-like wood-boring insect) html (Cornell)
A hummingbird moth - click for a larger view
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth
html.(USGS)
Luna Moth
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html (USGS)
Mayfly adult - click for a larger view
Mayfly
html (Texas A&M)
A polyphemus moth - click for a larger view
Polyphemus Moth
html (Virginia)
Pseudoscorpion - click for a larger view
Pseudoscorpion
(additional photo)
html (BugGuide.net)
Rove Beetle - click for a larger view
Rove Beetle
html.(Iowa State Univ.)
Scorpionfly
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html.(Texas A&M)
Stonefly adult - click for a larger and better view
Stone Fly
html.(U. of Arizona)
A Water Scavenger Beetle - click for a larger and expanded view
Water Scavenger Beetle
html.(Texas A&M)
Water Scorpion
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html.(Texas A&M)
Water Strider
photo available via linkPhoto Link
html.(Texas A&M)
 

SPIDERS
html || pdf
see also:
 html.(Penn State) (includes photos)
html.(Univ. of Kentucky) (includes photos)
You can find many additional spider photos at BugGuide.net, as well as throughout the following individual spider pages:
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)
Grass Spiders: html.(Penn State) (includes photos)
Jumping Spiders: Click to see a photo of a kind of spider commonly called a jumping spider.html (U. Arizona) || html (Penn State) (includes photos)
Marbled Orbweaver: html.(Penn State) (includes photos)
Yellow Garden Spider: html.(Penn State) (includes photos)
Wolf Spiders: html.(Penn State) (includes photo)

 Non-Native / Rarely Found in Maine:

Black Widow: Click to see a photo of a Black Widow spiderhtml || pdf.(Ohio State Univ.)
[Non-native, but sometimes hitches a ride into Maine via packages, cargo, etc.--most often via shipments of produce from out-of-state; The Northern Black Widow, however, may be an infrequent inhabitant as far north as central Maine.]
Brown Recluse (Non-native, and thus extremely rare in Maine--only possible if brought in from out-of-state): html || pdf (Ohio State Univ.) (includes photo) (US Distribution Map)
NOTE: People have varying sensitivity to spider bites. In rare cases, some individuals with highly sensitive or weakened immune systems may have a significant to severe reaction to a bite from an otherwise nonpoisonous spider, and there are many spiders that homeowners mistakenly suspect to be the Brown Recluse. Misdiagnoses are thus very common.
TICKS:.html || pdf
.
American Dog Tick 
American Dog or Wood Tick - click for a larger and an expanded view
html.(Iowa State)
Deer Tick (a.k.a. Black-legged Tick)
(Ixodes scapularis)
(carrier & transmitter of Lyme disease)
Click the link to see a photo of a female deer tick via BugGuide.netPhoto Link
html.(Univ. Rhode Island)
[Lyme Disease rash photos]
Photo Link comparing the American Dog Tick side-by-side with the Deer or Black-legged Tick
[additional photos.at BugGuide.net] 
see also the Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention's page entitled Ticks and Lyme Disease.
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.

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