life-cycle

Notes & illustrations on the Japanese beetle Popillia japonica study sheet showing life stages and damage

Study sheet on Japanese beetle Popillia japonica showing adult, life cycle, and variety of damage caused by this pest

Text and illustrations Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar and associated damage

Sheet on Plum weevil sheet Conotrachelus nenuphar and associated damage to fruit

Oviposition scars in typical crescent shape on apple from Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar

Grub of Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar within a cherry

Apple damaged by Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar showing oviposition scars, bumps, maggot holes, damage and rot.

Adult Plum weevil Conotrachelus nenuphar showing bumps on elytra and distinctive brown band

Adult Japanese beetle Popillia japonica with distinctive abdominal white tufts

Japanese beetle Popillia japonica adult and life stages, with egg, grub or larva, and pupa

Sheet on Apple maggot fly Rhagoletis pomonella detailing life stages and fruit damage

Apple maggot sheet Rhagoletis pomonella with notes showing damage to fruit as a result of an infestation by this pest

Adult Apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella showing distinctive marked wings and scutellum white spot

Apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella adult and life cycle stages showing egg, larvae (maggot), and pupa

Adult Apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella on apple damaged by oviposition scars and maggots

Apple damaged by apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella showing maggot damage and rotting

Anopheles gambiae African Malaria mosquito unfed female, posing in typical diagonal position

Larva of Anopheles gambiae Malaria mosquito showing typical position, parallel to the water surface

Pupa of Anopheles mosquito based on Anopheles gambiae at water surface

Feeding African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae showing stylets as she feeds, and swollen belly with tergites forced apart and excess liquid excreted during feeding

African Malaria Mosquito Life cycle Anopheles gambiae

Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus & Queen butterfly Danaus gilippus life cycle on Mexican milkweed Asclepias curassavica.  Illustration includes pupa and caterpillar for both species.

Wood ant nest.  This nest belongs to the Southern red wood ant, Formica rufa.  Wood ant nests do differ between species, although it can be hard to tell them apart.

Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant.  This budding often happens with wood ant species.