Salmonberry - Rosales Rosaceae Rubus chamaemorus Identification & Description: Salmonberry is a deciduous upright shrub 6 to 12 feet (2 to 4 m) tall. It is usually found with one or more other deciduous shrub species, such as red elderberry, thimbleberry, twinberry, or cascara). Salmonberry typically grows beneath a canopy of red alder. Salmonberry [...]
Saskatoon Berry - Rosales Rosaceae Amelachier alnifolia Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 4m by 3m . It is hardy to zone 2 and is not frost tender. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen from June to July. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and [...]
Snowberry - Dipsacales Caprifoliaceae Symphoricarpos albus Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 3m by 2m at a medium rate. It is hardy to zone 3. It is in flower from July to September, and the seeds ripen from September to November. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and [...]
Stink Currant - Rosales Saxifragaceae Ribes bracteosum Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 2.5m. It is hardy to zone 7. It is in flower in May. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects. We rate it 2 out of 5 for usefulness. The plant [...]
Thimbleberry - Rosales Rosaceae Rubus parviflorus Identification & Description: A decidious shrub growing to 2.5m by 2m at a medium rate. It is hardy to zone 3 and is not frost tender. It is in flower in June, and the seeds ripen from July to August. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have [...]
Trailing Blackberry - Rosales Rosaceae Rubus ursinus Identification & Description: Trailing Blackberry is a low growing, trailing Blackberry that can grow to lengths of 15 feet. The vines are heavily armed with thorns, making it very difficult to handle. The leaves are composed of three leaflets, which is a quick way to [...]
Weevils - Coleoptera Identification & Descriptions Weevils are small beetles that possess conspicuous snouts. They are often lightbulb- or pear-shaped. When immature, the legless, grub-like larvae feed on plants. After developing into adults, some weevil species are attracted to buildings. It appears they do this to seek shelter from [...]
Wasps - Hymenoptera Identification & Descriptions Wasp, common name applied to most species of hymenopteran insects (see Hymenoptera), except bees and ants. Insects known as wasps include the sawflies, the parasitic wasps, and the stinging wasps, which are the best known. About 75,000 species of wasps are known, most of them parasitic (see Chalcid; [...]
Moths - Lepidoptera Identification & Description: A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly. Both are of the order Lepidoptera. The division of Lepidopterans into moths and butterflies is a popular taxonomy, not a scientific one. Sometimes the names "Rhopalocera" (butterflies) and "Heterocera" (moths) are used to formalise the [...]
Mosquitoes - Diptera Identification & Description: The mosquito is a member of the family Culicidae; these insects have a pair of scaled wings, a pair of halteres, a slender body, and long legs. The females of most mosquito species suck blood from other animals. Size varies but is rarely greater than 15 [...]
Dragonflies - Odonata Identification & Description: A dragonfly (also known as devil's darning needle) is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta and, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. [...]
Beetles - Coleoptera Identification & Description: There are more than 800,000 species of insects on earth, more than all the other plants and animals combined. Of this great number of insects, nearly half are beetles. Unlike other insects, beetles have a pair of leathery protective wings called elytra that cover their [...]
Bees - Hymenoptera Identification & Description: Bees belong to the third largest insect order which also includes wasps and ants. Together, these creatures pollinate crops, turn over the soil more effectively than earthworms, and, in the case of the bee, furnish food in the form of honey. Even more [...]
Aphids - Hemiptera Identification & Description: Aphids are soft-bodied insects that use their piercing sucking mouthparts to feed on plant sap. They usually occur in colonies on the undersides of tender terminal growth. Heavily-infested leaves can wilt or turn yellow because of excessive sap removal. While the [...]
Ants - Hymenoptera Identification & Description: Ant, common name for members of a family of about 11,000 species of insects that live in highly organized societies called colonies. Ant colonies have elaborate social structures in which the various activities necessary for the feeding, shelter, and reproduction of the colony [...]
