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Most of the other images in this website were commissioned or created by David Evans Walter. Dr. Walter modified: a few of the line drawings of insects from Agriculture Handbook No. 655, Insect and Mite Pests in Food, An Illustrated Key, Volumes 1 and 2; and the line drawing of a cladoceran from Livingstone at BIODIDAC (https://omeka.uottawa.ca/biodidac/). Matthew Boeckner (tardigrades) and Dr Heather C. Proctor (mites, spiders, insects) (https://apps.ualberta.ca/directory/person/hproctor) contributed some of the photographs.
Other photographers contributed photos as well and are indicated by their initials in image captions. Below is the list of the initials and the corresponding names of the photographers.
CH Catherine Harvey
DEW David E. Walter
GW Geoff Waite
HCP Heather Procter
JB Jennifer Beard
MB Matthew Boeckner
MM Mark Maraun
PG Paul Grostal
Walter DE. 2006. Invasive Mite Identification: Tools for Quarantine and Plant Protection. USDA APHIS-S&T-PITL Identification Technology Program (ITP) and Colorado State University. Fort Collins, CO. [date of access] https://idtools.org/invasive_mite
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