Rich Gillis contributes an image collection from Dow Gardens

We recently added over 1,100 images taken by Rich Gilis, the collections manager of Dow Gardens in Midland, Michigan. These images show a wide variety of plants in the gardens and many different cultivars of some popular ornamental plants.

All of his images can be found at:http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/autimages.cfm?aut=41244

New images from Johnny N. Dell

We recently received a nice set of images from Johnny N. Dell in Ware County, Georgia. These images include a wide range of arthropods commonly found in Georgia.

All of his images can be found at:http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/autimages.cfm?aut=31253

New publication - Invasive Plant Responses to Silvicultural Practices in the South

The new bugwood publication "Invasive Plant Responses to Silvicultural Practices in the South" is now available online at: http://www.invasive.org/silvicsforinvasives.pdf

Large cogongrass infestation found in South Carolina

A large infestation of cogongrass was recently found in the Francis Marion National Forest in Charleston County, South Carolina. To learn more about this infestation and about South Carolina's eradication program see: http://www.cofc.edu/~everettj/cogongrass.html

USDA Systematic Entomology Lab contributes images from the US National Scale Insect Collection

We recently received close to 1,000 images taken from the United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive. These images provide an excellent look at the various life stages and features of scale insects.

All of these images can be found at:http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/autimages.cfm?aut=39996

Giant salvinia in Vietnam

Giant salvinia, an invasive aquatic fern, has been found in Vietnam. For more information go to:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/tech/2006/10/626716/

Handsome Fungus Beetles invade the Bugwood Network

Floyd Shockley, a systematic & forensic entomologist at the University of Georgia has contributed over 1,300 images of beetles in the family Endomychidae (superfamily Cucujoidea). These are a part of his PhD project: Systematics of the Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) Inferred from Morphological and Molecular Data: Investigation of the Natural History and Evolution of a Mycophagous Beetle Family.

All of his images can be found at:http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/autimages.cfm?aut=38017