Insect Pest Photography

Yellow Fever Mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Photo: James Gathany

Institutions that provide information on pest insects often use photos to communicate with the public. Go to any Cooperative Extension website and you will find photographs of pests. The public is often clueless when the name of an insect is mentioned, but show them a picture and the response is more often, “I’ve seen one of those.” Scientific information, no matter how good, is only useful if it can be communicated adequately….

Source: Living With Insects Blog