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Apia, Samoa
Identification request
2023-03-07T22:57:00.0000000Z
This tray got some tomato seedlings with tops and some without Similar to the previous photo (tomato seedlings) eggplant seedlings not affected

We sow some seeds last week Wednesday and they started popping on Sunday Morning and on Tuesday the germinated seedlings were standing upright and some have heads/ top cut off and it looked like they were cut or eaten by some kind of a worm or …

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Nausori, Fiji
Identification request
2022-09-30T03:39:00.0000000Z
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Hi Everyone

The pupae of this fly were seen emerging from the female abdomen of a stick insect (Graffaea crounii). The pupae emerged from an adult female that we collected in Taveuni island; the aim of our work was to detect and possibly mass …

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Kansas City, MO, USA
Identification request
2022-07-12T16:47:00.0000000Z
Watermelon vine Watermelon vine

Could anyone please help me identify the white substance on this watermelon vine? I know this is not mealy bug or cocoons of parasitioid wasps. Is this some type of fungal fruiting structures? 

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Braunschweig, Deutschland
Identification request
2022-06-02T09:33:04.4220541Z

Dear Pestnet friends, 

I urgently need help on this Acronita beast eating up almost everything from banana to coffee on the island of Idjwi, DR Congo. Is there anything that can instantly be done?  What type of insecticide can be safely used …

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Avarua, Cook Islands
Identification request
2022-03-06T22:20:03.7116748Z
Putative loewii 1 2rearspots Putative loewii 2 4spots 1

Kia orana,

Over the last year we hve found three new ladybirds on Rarotonga.

They are small (1.4 - 2.3mmBL) and all might be in the genus Scymnus, with one rather similar to S. loewii.

For ease of communication we could refer to the three as: 1. ?loewii …

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Coccinellidae
Scymninae
Ladybirds
Avarua Cook Islands
Identification request
2021-12-04T23:57:00.0000000Z
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Kia orana ant enthusiasts,

We recently found a large number of winged male ants. We have concluded there were in Ponerinae but are not any of our known species: Anochetus graeffei, Hypoponera punctatissimus, Hypoponera eduardi or Ponera tenuis. We …

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Formicidae
Kara, Togo
Identification request
2021-11-29T08:57:21.5247667Z

Dear colleagues, 

I would much appreciate if someone can help identify the insect in the attached  picture. It was found on common beans in the Centrale region of Togo.   Many thanks.

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Togo
common_beans
Koror, Palau
Identification request
2021-11-16T10:01:00.0000000Z
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Can anyone tell me what tree this is?  Two of them were planted recently in front of a local store, and I would like to know what they are.  They are about 3 meters tall and have these bright yellow flowers and large palmate leaves.  I …

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Sydney NSW, Australia
Identification request
2021-09-22T14:00:00.0000000Z
Caterpillar on citrus - Solomon Islands

Hi Everyone Grateful if you would have a look at the image of this caterpillar. I am presuming it is a Papilio species. It's commonly found on citrus but does not seem to do a lot of harm, although it can be a nuisance on seedlings. I could not find …

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Citrus
Papilio
Chattogram, Bangladesh
Identification request
2021-09-01T10:31:00.0000000Z
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Dear all, Please mention the Identity of this insect. Its about 0.6 cm in size. Seeing, Chewing type mouth parts. Eat from circle wise from middle part of leaf. Thanks in advance Read more...