December 15, 2020
One of ITP's scientists was featured in a WIRED article from August about the Asian Giant Hornet (AGH), Vespa mandarinia. Todd Gilligan, who runs ITP’s Molecular Laboratory, is one of many people in APHIS who are [...]
September 30, 2020
ITP is pleased to announce new content and improvements to Longicorn ID, a tool supporting identification of cerambycoid beetles to family, subfamily, and tribe. Longhorn beetles—Cerambycidae and three [...]
May 28, 2020
Vespa mandarinia, the Asian giant hornet (AGH), also known as the Japanese hornet or giant sparrow bee, is native to a region that extends from northern India to East Asia. This highly social wasp was first [...]
May 22, 2020
ITP is pleased to announce the release of TingID, a tool supporting the identification of 50 genera in the family Tingidae, known as lace bugs. The genera covered in this tool were chosen specifically because they [...]
March 25, 2020
ITP is pleased to announce that new content has been released for Exotic Bee ID. Bees play a critical role in both agricultural and natural ecosystems, but some bee populations are in decline due to habitat loss, [...]
February 19, 2020
ITP is pleased to announce the latest addition to our tool website collection: Sawfly GenUS. Developed in cooperation with the Washington State Department of Agriculture, Sawfly GenUS is an interactive [...]
January 17, 2020
USDA recently issued a Federal Order imposing restrictions on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum sp.) plants, fruits, and seeds imported from regions where ToBRFV is present. Because of the rapid [...]
January 13, 2020
ITP is pleased to announce the latest addition to our mobile app collection: Aquarium & Pond Plant ID. Developed in cooperation with the tool’s author, Shaun Winterton (California Department of Food & Agriculture) and [...]
