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Volume I: The Ants
Stoy Hedges, Technical Content Advisor; Tom Myers, Project Photographer; Dan Moreland, Editor
Published 2000 | CD-ROM | full-color images
Volume I: The Ants is a convenient, easy-to-use CD-Rom training tool featuring original, three-dimensional, full-color images of 23 commonly encountered ant species. Advanced 3D technology enables users to rotate and zoom in on images, ensuring faster and more accurate pest identification. Additional features include a searchable glossary of technical terms, printable homeowner fact sheets, interactive taxonomic key and an Ant ID testing component. All technical content provided by noted author and entomologist Stoy Hedges.
Ants included:
- ACROBAT ANT
- ALLEGHENY MOUND ANT
- ARGENTINE ANT
- BIG-HEADED ANT
- BLACK CARPENTER ANT
- HECULEANUS CARPENTER ANT
- VICINUS CARPENTER ANT
- WESTERN CARPENTER ANT
- FLORIDA CARPENTER ANT
- CORNFIELD ANT
- CRAZY ANT
- FIELD ANTS
- RED IMPORTED FIRE ANT
- SOUTHERN FIRE ANT
- GHOST ANT
- LARGER YELLOW (CITRONELLA) ANT
- LITTLE BLACK ANT
- ODOROUS HOUSE ANT
- PAVEMENT ANT
- PHARAOH ANT
- THIEF ANT
- VELVETY TREE ANT
- WHITE-FOOTED ANT
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Volume II: The Flies
Stoy Hedges, Technical Content Advisor; Tom Myers, Project Photographer; Dan Moreland, Editor
Published 2002 | CD-ROM | full-color images
Volume II: The Flies is a state-of-the-art CD-ROM training tool featuring technical content by industry training expert Stoy Hedges and original, full-color images of 17 commonly encountered fly species. Advanced 3-D technology enables users to rotate and zoom in on images, ensuring faster and more accurate pest identification. Other program features include a fully searchable glossary of technical terms, printable homeowner fact sheets, an interactive taxonomic key, and a fly identification testing component.
Flies featured include:
- Fruit Flies
- Phorid Flies
- Moth Flies
- Sphaerocerid Flies
- Fungus Gnats
- Cheese Skipper
- House Flies
- Blow Flies and Bottle Flies
- Soldier Flies
- Flesh Flies
- Cluster Flies
- Face Flies
- Stable Flies
- Horse Flies and Deer Flies
- Crane Flies
- Mosquitoes
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Volume III: The Termites
Stoy Hedges, Technical Content Advisor; Matthew Messenger, Consultant & Project Photographer; Dan Moreland, Editor
Published February 2003 | CD-ROM | full-color images
Volume III: The Termites is a state-of-the-art CD-ROM training tool featuring original, full-color images of 21 commonly encountered termite species. Advanced 3-D technology enables users to rotate and zoom in on high-resolution images, ensuring faster and more accurate pest identification. Other program features include a fully searchable glossary of technical terms, printable homeowner fact sheets, an interactive taxonomic key, and a termite identification testing component. Sponsored by Bayer Environmental Science, Volume III: The Termites is the third in the highly acclaimed series of interactive pest identification training CD-ROMs (See Software>> for Volume I, The Ants and Volume II, The Flies).
Termites featured include:
- Arid Land Subterranean Termite
- Arid Subterranean Termite
- Dampwood Termite
- Dark Southeastern Drywood Termite
- Dark Southern Subterranean Termite
- Desert Drywood Termite
- Desert Nasute Termite
- Desert Subterranean Termite
- Desert Termite
- Eastern Subterranean Termite
- Florida Dampwood Termite
- Formosan Subterranean Termite
- Light Southeastern Drywood Termite
- Light Southern Subterranean Termite
- Nevada Dampwood Termite
- Pacific Coast Subterranean Termite
- Pacific Dampwood Termite
- Smooth-Headed Powderpost Drywood Termite
- Southern Dampwood Termite
- West Indian Powderpost Drywood Termite
- Western Drywood Termite
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Volume 1: Grubs
David J. Shetlar, Ph.D., Technical Content Advisor & Project Photographer; Cindy Code, Editor
Published 2002 | CD-ROM | full-color images
Lawn & Landscape’s Turf & Ornamental Insect Identification Series, Volume I: The Grubs, sponsored by Bayer Corporation Garden & Professional Care, is a state-of-the-art training tool featuring technical content by industry researcher Dr. David Shetlar, The Ohio State University, and original, full-color images of 8 commonly encountered grub species. Advanced 3-D technology enables users to rotate and zoom in on images, ensuring faster and more accurate insect identification. Other program features include a fully searchable glossary of technical terms, printable homeowner fact sheets, an interactive taxonomic key, and a grub identification testing component.
Grubs featured include:
- Asiatic Garden Beetle
- Black Turfgrass Ataenius
- European Chafer
- Green June Beetle
- Masked Chafer
- May/June Beetle
- Oriental Beetle
- Japanese Beetle