Finalists in 2006 PCT Best Pest Photo Contest

Finalist Photo: Trap-jawed ants.

Photographer: Jeff Tucker, Entomology Associates, Inc., Houston, Texas

Finalist Photo: The picture is of a bumble bee on a flower early in the morning with a touch of dew on dripping down the flower stem and some polen on its coat.

Photographer: Wes Hamel, Modern Pest Services, Brunswick, Maine

Finalist Photo: Two Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) sipping nectar from a thistle bloom is one such example of the numerous species that may be attracted to flowering plants. The image was captured with a Canon 10D using a 100 - 300 mm lens with attached 25 mm extension tube for close-up abilities. Photo captured at Swan Creek Metro Park, Toledo, Ohio. .

Photographer: Steve Hamilton, Orkin Pest Control, Toledo, Ohio

Finalist Photo: Polistes that were “hanging around” photographer’s yard

Photographer: Victor Kuspa, South Bend, Ind.

Finalist Photo: Carpenter ant, Camponotus mus, transporting larvae from the parent nest to a satellite nest. Photo was taken in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Photographer: Guillermo J. Tarelli, Chemotecnica S.A.

Finalist Photo: Two Yellow Jackets (Vespula maculifrons) snacking on a punctured Very Berry fruit juice box. Photo taken in Cedarhurst, NY (Long Island) in Sept. 2006.

Photographer: Jonathan Frisch,AP&G Co., Inc, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Finalist Photo: On vacation in South Africa photographer across this magnificent colorful millipede on a trail. This millipede was approximately 8 to 10 inches long. After snapping this picture, he carefully moved the insect off the trail so that no one would accidentally step on it.

Photographer: Rick Bachman, Central Exterminating, Edison, N.J.

Finalist Photo: Orb weaver found in New Jersey.

Photographer: Gary Goveia, Viking Pest Control

Finalist Photo: Photographer believes this spider to be Hogna carolinensis or the Giant Carolina Wolf Spider. He was captured in photographer’s garage in Pocatello, Idaho, and measure 3.5 inches from front to back leg tip.

Photographer: Steve Riedy, Sr. Agriculture Investigator,Idaho State Department of Agriculture.