The authors greatly thank and appreciate the help and contributions of the following people:
Terrence Walters, USDA APHIS CPHST, for an incredible amount of help and advice.
Amanda Hodges, University of Florida, Southern Plant Diagnostics Network, for support and funding assistance.
Julia L. Scher, USDA APHIS, for her valuable technical assistance.
Jiri Hulcr, Michigan State University, for his valuable suggestions and comments.
Robert Rabaglia, USDA Forest Service
E. Richard Hoebeke, Cornell University
Steve Passoa, USDA APHIS PPQ
David T. Almquist, University of Florida
B. Staffan Lindgren, University Northern British Columbia
M. L. Ferro, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
Dan Mackinnon, USDA APHIS PPQ CPHST for his helpful review.
Image Credits
Thomas H. Atkinson (http://barkbeetles.info/beetle_pix.php)
Robert J. Rabaglia, Stephanie A. Stephens, & Anthony I. Cognato (http://hymenoptera.tamu.edu/keys/)
James R. Baker (ret.) NC State University, Raleigh, NC.
James LaBonte and Steven A. Valley, Oregon Dept. of Agr.
Gerald J. Lenhard (ret.) LSU Forestryimages.org
Caribbean Insects @ Harvard Entomology (http://insectdatabases.oeb.harvard.edu/caribbean)
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Pest and Diseases Image Library, Museum Victoria, Australia
Steve Passoa, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org
Jim Stimmel, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (ret.)
Maja Jurc, University of Ljubljana, Bugwood.org
Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org
Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org.
Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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Ext. Entomology, Purdue Univ CAPS Pest Info. Pics
Darren Blackford, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University
M. L. Ferro, Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
Andrew Graves, UC Davis
Jiri Hulcr, Michigan State University, Forestryimages.org
Michael C. Thomas and Kate Okins, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry.
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Lisa Roberts (USDA-ARS)
Joe Cavey, USDA/APHIS/PPQ, Northeastern Region
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Cover and watercolor images by A.D. Cushman
