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Great Lakes Center, SAMC 319
SUNY Buffalo State
1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, NY 14222
wnyprism@buffalostate.edu
(716) 878.4708
ALB has a glossy black body with white spots on top of the wings. Adults are 3/4" to 1" long. Antennae are roughly 2 times the body length with distinctive black and white bands. The legs and antennae have a bluish tinge. Adults are present from July to October.
Adults are tiny (about 1 mm long) and appear dark purple to black in color. They produce a thick layer of light-colored, waxy, wool-like material that covers their body.
The bloody red shrimp are translucent ivory-yellow in color, and exhibit bright red to reddish-orange coloring around the head and tail. The threat to the Great Lakes is currently not well understood.
Emerald ash borer has a golden-green body with dark, metallic green wings and a purplish-red abdomen. Adult beetles average 3/8" to 3/4" long and 1/6" wide. EAB emerges in late spring, flying throughout June to August.
Eurasian boar, also known as feral hogs or feral swine, can include domestic pigs or "pet" pigs that have been released or escaped from captivity and "gone wild", wild boar (native to Eurasia) that escaped from licensed shooting preserves, or a hybrid cross between domestic pigs and wild boar.
HWA is a tiny, aphid-like insect that was first reported in the eastern United States in the 1950's. Its name derives from a white "wool-like" covering, called an ovisac, on mature egg-laying adults.
Jumping worms consume organic matter in soil that supplies nutrients to native plant species. The soil disruption leaves soil grainy and damages plant root structures.
Woodwasps (or horntails) are large, full-bodied insects about 1'' to 1 1/2" long. Adult females have dark metallic blue or black bodies with orange legs. The male's head and thorax are metallic blue, and the abdomen is orange at the center and black at the base. Adults emerge from July to September.
Spotted wing drosophila (SWD), Drosophila suzukii, is an insect pest of economically valuable small fruit and tree fruit crops. Known in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest since about 2009, this species now appears to be established in many fruit growing regions around the country. Growers and researchers are working together to implement effective pest control strategies.
Swede midges are small, light brown flies. They begin to emerge in May, lasting until mid-June. The adult females lay about 100 eggs throughout their short lifetime of 1-4 days.
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