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Africanized Honey Bees

Southern yellowjacket adult. Photo credit: Gary Johnson.

Southern yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa)

Red and yellow color forms of the corn earworm.

Corn Earworm (Helicoverpa zea)

Dobsonfly male with long mandibles.

Sweetpotato whiteflies on a poinsettia leaf

Silverleaf whitefly

Crapemyrtle bark scale on a crapemyrtle branch

Crapemyrtle bark scale

Close up of an Argentine ant. Photo by Eli Sarnat, PIAkey: Invasive Ants of the Pacific Islands, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org

Photo of pavement ant.

Photo of pharaoh ant.

Cat fleas on the ear of President Roosevelt on a US Dime.

Photo by Mike Merchant

Cotton aphid/Melon aphid

American cockroach

Red imported fire ant

Southern corn rootworm

Mating pair of, Leptoglossus zonatus on pecan Bill Ree, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Leaf-footed bug

Adult chilli thrips on a leaf.

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