Home

student studying pollination and weed control optimization

Explore options for studying plant diseases, insects, microorganisms, and global diseases

Find Your Program!
potentially develop strategies to produce disease-resistant plants

Explore options for studying plant diseases, insects, microorganisms, and global diseases

Find Your Program!

Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic

Have a plant disease or pest problem?

The Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic (PIDC) is here to look at your specimen and provide you with a diagnostic report of plant problems and the identification of insects from the field, garden, and home.

sample leaf
Plant & Insect Diagnostic Clinic

BugGuide

Identification, images, & information for insects, spiders & their kin

An online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures. Using the best resources we have access to, BugGuide creates a knowledge-base to help each other and the online community. 


Placed by Tyler Hedlund 46 seconds ago in
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) » Damselflies (Zygoptera) » Narrow-winged Damselflies (Coenagrionidae) » Aurora Damsels (Chromagrion) » Aurora Damsel (Chromagrion conditum)

Placed by Tyler Hedlund 1 minute ago in
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Hippodamia » Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)

Placed by Tyler Hedlund 3 minutes ago in
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

Placed by Tyler Hedlund 38 minutes ago in
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionoidea) » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Geonemini » Omileus » Omileus epicaeroides

Placed by Tyler Hedlund 40 minutes ago in
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Cucujiformia » Coccinelloidea » Coccinellid group » Lady Beetles (Coccinellidae) » Coccinellinae » Harmonia » Asian Lady Beetle (Harmonia axyridis)

Placed by KenW 52 minutes ago in
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus marginatus

Placed by KenW 52 minutes ago in
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Hover Flies (Syrphidae) » Syrphinae » Syrphini » Toxomerus » Toxomerus marginatus

Insect Zoo

Spread Bug Love -
Request a visit!


A traveling outreach program interested in teaching kids (and adults) the importance of arthropods with a hands-on approach. If you are interested in having the Insect Zoo visit, fill out a request form!

insect zoo demonstration
Insect Zoo

 

Contact Us

PPEM is here to help answer any questions you may have! Contact us today for more information.

 

Contact Us

 

North Central IPM Center

Where science, programming, and education unite to protect the Midwest from harmful pests

A science-based approach to integrated pest management (IPM) in order to reduce risks to people, food supply and the environment. By using pest biology, environmental information and all other available technologies, we strive to reduce pest damage to tolerable levels, through the most economical means. 

North Central IPM Center