Search IDaids collection reaches 5,000
ITP has added over 1,200 new IDaids to the collection since October 2018, when ITP’s Search IDaids site was first released, enabling us to reach a significant milestone: over 5,000 IDaids! Many of the new IDaids are individual fact sheets from ITP's own tools, enhancing end-users’ results for the most common type of search we see: searches on individual pest names. We've also added over 100 IDaids in response to requests from users; the IDaid collection currently covers 90% percent of the pest names suggested by users since the site was released.
Here we present a set of IDaids to highlight the variety among those recently added.
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Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms - Wodyetia bifurcate
United States Department of Agriculture, Identification Technology Program (ITP)
This fact sheet for foxtail palm is from a collection in Identifying Commonly Cultivated Palms, a USDA APHIS ITP tool. It includes both a description and diagnostic features, palms it may be easily confused with, and photos of the palm's distinguishing characteristics.
Added as one of the fact sheets from an ITP tool.
Antbase.net: Formicinae – Formica
University of Ulm, Germany
This Antbase image gallery covers 25 Formica species. Users can compare selected species using check boxes.
Added in response to a pest name suggestion from a Search IDaids user.
Moth Dissection UK: Gypsonoma dealbana
Lepidoptera Dissection Group UK, United Kingdom
An image gallery with enlargeable photos of this species’ adults, immature stages, and male and female genitalia.
Added in response to a pest name suggestion from a Search IDaids user.
Ash Yellows and Decline
Missouri Botanical Garden, United States of America
This fact sheet for ash yellows (caused by Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini) describes symptoms seen on ash trees and includes several photos of the trees.
Added in response to a pest name suggestion from a Search IDaids user.
Featured Creatures – Cabbage Webworm (Hellula rogatalis)
University of Florida, United States of America
This fact sheet for the cabbage webworm, a pest of cruciferous plants such as cabbage, broccoli, and kale, features descriptions of its four life stages and the damage they cause.
Added in response to a pest name suggestion from a Search IDaids user.
Scale Insects: Palmicultor browni
United States Department of Agriculture, Identification Technology Program (ITP)
This mealybug fact sheet is from a collection in Scale Insects, Edition 2, a USDA APHIS ITP tool. It includes both field and validation characters, comparison to similar species, and U.S. quarantine notes. Images feature a photo of a slide-mounted scale with popup closeups of its characters.
Added as one of the fact sheets from an ITP tool.