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Digital Guide to Nursery and Landscape Arthropod Pests of Ontario

The following are sample images for the upcoming identification guide to Nursery and Landscape Arthropod Pests of Ontario (Cheung, D.K.B., Llewellyn, J. Marshall. S. A.). This digital interactive guide is scheduled for launched in summer 2011 and will be available free once published in the Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. It will feature user-friendly digital identification keys with numerous high quality, high magnification photographs. For more information visit the Nursery & Landscape Demo site. This project is being supported by Landscape Ontario Growers Association, University of Guelph Insect Collection and Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA).

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Adelges abietis (Eastern Spruce Gall) on Norway Spruce
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Pyrrhalta viburnicola (Viburnum Leaf Beetle)
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Neodiprion abietis (Balsam Fir Sawfly)
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Hyphantria cunea (Fall Webworm)
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Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Poplar and Willow Borer)
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Hylobius pales (Pales Weevil)
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Macropsis fumipennis (Honey Locust Leafhopper)
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Zeuzera pyrina (Leopard Moth)
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Systena frontalis (Red Headed Flea Beetle)
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Rhyacionia buoliana (European Pine Shoot Moth) larvae on Mogul Pine
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Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle) eggs
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Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle) eggs
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Neodiprion lecontei (White Pine Sawfly) on Pinus
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Acantholyda erythrocephala (False Pine Webworm) female on Pinus
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Pemphigus sp. (Unidentified Root Aphid) on Salix
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Pyrrhalta viburni (Viburnum Leaf Beetle) eggs
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Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Black Vine Beetle) pupa showing signs of nematode parasitism
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Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Black Vine Beetle) pupa
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Synanthedon viburni (Viburnum Borer) on Vibrunum
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Synanthedon viburni (Viburnum Borer) on Vibrunum
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Messa nana (Early Birch Leaf Edgeminer) on Birch
Dave K.B. Cheung