Multimedia: Insect Orders
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Family: Aphelinidae
Encarsia antennating scale.
1.06MB MPG © Rutgers University; lashomb. (24.Apr.2006)
Family: Eulophidae.
Edovum female withdrawing ovipositor from a Colorado potato beetle egg.
1.59MB MPG © Rutgers University; lashomb. (03.Apr.2006)
A size comparison between the Edovum wasp, which parasitizes the Colorado potato beetle, and the beetle's larval form.
490KB MPG © Rutgers University; lashomb. (03.Apr.2006)
Family: Eulophidae.
Pediobius wasp: cleaning hind legs and abdomen.
1.56MB MPG. © Rutgers University; lashomb. (20.Mar.2006)
Family: Eulophidae.
Pediobius wasp: cleaning moniliform antennae. Compare with filiform antennae.
2.05MB MPG. © Rutgers University; lashomb. (20.Mar.2006)
Family: Scoliidae. Common Name: Scoliid Wasp.
Adult; foraging for food on yellow flower.
2.83MB MPG. © Rutgers University; lashomb. (06.Mar.2006)
Family: Scoliidae. Common Name: Scoliid Wasp.
Adult; pollen feeding.
10MB MPG. © Rutgers University; lashomb. (25.Oct.2005)
Family: Tenthredinidae. Common Name: Birch Leafminer.
Larva; feeding.
1.42MB MPG. © Rutgers University; lashomb. (25.Oct.2005)
Family: Tenthredinidae. Common Name: Birch Leafminer.
Peristaltic motion of the larva.
1.60MB MPG © Rutgers University; lashomb. (10.Jul.2006)
Family: Tenthredinidae. Common Name: Birch Leafminer.
Damage done to birch trees by the larva.
1.20MB MPG © Rutgers University; lashomb. (08.May.2006)