Plant Pest Diagnostics Center - Entomology Laboratory

Diagnostics

Arachnida (mites, spiders, scorpions)

• Scientist

• Dr. Peter Kerr

Insecta: Coleoptera (beetles)

• Scientists

• Dr. Chuck Bellamy
• Dr. Andy Cline

Insecta: Diptera (flies)

• Scientists

• Dr. Stephen Gaimari
• Dr. Martin Hauser

Insecta: Hemiptera

Auchenorrhyncha (leafhoppers, sharpshooters, planthoppers, cicadas)

• Scientist

• Ray Gill (Retired Annuitant)
• Dr. Alessandra Rung

Heteroptera (true bugs)

• Scientist

• Dr. Rosser Garrison

Sternorrhyncha (scales, mealybugs, whiteflies, aphids, psyllids)

• Scientists

• Dr. Alessandra Rung
• Dr. John Sorensen
• Dr. Gillian Watson

Insecta: Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)

• Scientist

• Dr. John Sorensen

Insecta: Lepidoptera (moths)

• Scientist

• Dr. Marc Epstein

Insecta: "lower" insects (grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, etc.)

• Scientist

• Dr. Rosser Garrison

Molecular Topics (Africanized honey bee, Med fly origins, LBAM larvae, Asian gypsy moth)

• Scientist

• Dr. Peter Kerr

Mollusca (snails, slugs) and other non-insect, non-arachnid invertebrates

• Scientist

• Dr. Rosser Garrison

Thysanoptera (thrips)

• Scientist

• Dr. Gillian Watson