The winners of Invasive Species Contest 2011: Invasive or Non-Native Bugs!
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1st Place with 74 points:
From smallwonders: "Wool-Carder Bee (Anthidium oblongatum)
Found in Michigan
This is not a native species. This European bee was found in Pennsylvania in 1995 & has since migrated to other states.
These bees are highly aggressive and may have a negative impact on native Anthidium species & native plants they pollinate."
2nd Place with 65 points:
From smallwonders: "Asian Rock Pool Mosquito (Ochlerotatus japonicus)
Found in Michigan
A native of Japan first detected here in 1998, most likely imported in a shipment of tires.
Suspected of being a vector of Japanese encephalitis & possibly West Nile virus. "
3rd Place with 54 points:
From ExplorinLauren: "Title: "I'm Movin; In!"
Stag Horn Beetle
Taken just outside of Paris, Tx. "
From drthor: "Praying Mantis hiding behind a Bearded Iris.
I think she is looking at the camera
"
Runner Up with 34 points:
From Bob_71: "Pryeria sinica (Euonymus Leaf Notcher). Non-native found in about 2000 in Maryland. Photo is of a pair mating and another female with clutch of eggs. Male antennae are bipectinate, those of female non-pectinate but are clubbed."
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