Just released! - Flat Mites of the World

This tool is designed to help identify any flat mite to the taxonomic level of genus, and in some cases to species, without the need for expertise in the group.

• Flat Mites of the World

Aquarium & Pond Plants of the World, Edition 2

This tool provides a comprehensive, fully illustrated means of identification for all aquatic plants currently offered for sale through the aquarium and pond plant industries worldwide and an interactive, matrix-based key enables rapid identification of over 140 genera of aquatic plants. Also included are image galleries and fact sheets for each genus, covering topics such as included species, native and adventive distributions, weed status, brief descriptions, and taxonomic information.

• Aquarium and Pond Plants of the World, Edition 2

Citrus Resource

Citrus Resource, a commodity-based identification resource, was created to provide growers, the industry, and those associated with citrus pest and disease detection an easily accessible site to assist with their identification needs.
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• Citrus ID, Edition 2
• Citrus Diseases
• Citrus Pests - coming soon!

Cut Flower Exports of Africa

Cut Flower Exports of Africa is a tool to aid in the identification of genera of cut flowers produced in Africa and exported to major world markets. This tool includes an interactive identification key, flower images, and fact sheets. The interactive identification key runs as a Lucid3 Java applet.

• Cut Flower Exports of Africa

Dried Botanical ID

Dried botanicals are imported for varied uses including potpourri, decorative plant arrangements, and handicraft items. In the twenty-first century market, dried botanicals consist of whole or sectioned fungi, fruits, seeds, leaves, and almost anything that is botanical, has abundant air spaces ("physical fixatives" for the synthetic oils), has structural interest, and/or is inexpensive (e.g. lawn sweepings and waste products of other industries).

• Dried Botanical ID

Federal Noxious Weed Disseminules, Edition 2

This interactive tool provides photographs, text and keys that aid in determining whether or not an unknown disseminule (e.g., seed, fruit) found as a contaminant in imported botanicals and agricultural products is a Federal Noxious Weed (FNW) and is therefore actionable.

• Federal Noxious Weed Disseminules of the U.S., Edition 2

Grasshoppers

These tools have been designed for people with varying degrees of knowledge identifying rangeland grasshoppers, from the general enthusiast to the research scientist.

• Grasshoppers of the Western United States, Edition 3
• Common Nymphal Grasshoppers of the Western United States

Invasive Mites Tool

These keys are designed to provide support to quarantine workers at three levels: training in mite anatomy and identification, preliminary identification (sorting non-actionable from potentially actionable mites), and advanced taxonomic support. The keys range in complexity from Is it a mite?, at a very basic introductory level, to species level treatments (e.g., Stratiolaelaps).

• Invasive Mites Tool

LBAM ID

LBAM ID is designed to aid in the identification of adult or larval Lepidoptera encountered during light brown apple moth (LBAM) surveys in California. This tool includes interactive identification keys, images, diagrams, fact sheets, and a DNA sequence database.

• LBAM ID

Pink Bollworm and its Look-alikes

This identification tool was created to allow users to identify the larvae and adults of the pink bollworm and distinguish them from similar species. The tool is designed for users participating in survey and monitoring programs for pink bollworm in the cotton belt of the United States.

• Pink Bollworm and its Look-alikes

Terrestrial Mollusc Tool

Terrestrial Mollusc Tool was specifically designed to assist in the identification of adult terrestrial slugs and snails of agricultural importance. The tool also includes species of quarantine significance as well as invasive and contaminant mollusc species commonly intercepted at U.S. ports of entry.

• Terrestrial Mollusc Tool

PIAkey

PIAkey (Pacific Invasive Ant key) is an electronic guide designed to assist users to identify invasive ant species commonly encountered in the Pacific Island region. The guide covers four subfamilies, 20 genera and 44 species.

• PIAkey - Invasive Ants of the Pacific Islands

Resource for Pests and Diseases of Cultivated Palms

The palm resource is a screening aid designed to support individuals involved with commodity-based surveys. It includes identification tools for cultivated palms and their pests, diseases, and disorders known to occur in the continental U.S., Hawaii, and the Caribbean Islands as of 2010, as well as those of immediate concern to these areas.
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• Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms
• Screening Aid to Pests
• Symptoms of Diseases and Disorders

Scale Insects

There are four separate tools in this resource: Scale Families, Mealybugs, Soft Scales and Other Scales. Each tool contains many informational pages and images, and a Lucid interactive matrix-based identification key. The information and images can be accessed from the Lucid key or independently from it.

• Scale Insects

A Resource for Wood Boring Beetles of the World

A comprehensive resource of identification and screening tools for wood boring beetles of the world.
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• Bark Beetles of the Southeastern United States

• Bark Beetle Genera of the United States

• Ironclad ID: Tool for Diagnosing Ironclad and Cylindrical Bark Beetles

• Oncid ID: Tool for Diagnosing Twig Girdlers

• Wood Boring Beetle Families

• Xyleborini Ambrosia Beetles: An Identification Tool to the World Genera