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Submit insect and mite images

  • There is a $15 fee for digital diagnosis. If you are willing to accept these charges, please continue.
  • If successful diagnosis can be made from these pictures, a bill will be sent to your address.
  • If a diagnosis cannot be made from these images, you will be asked to submit an actual sample to the diagnostic laboratory and the $15 digital diagnosis fee will be applied to diagnostic fees of the laboratory.
  • The ability to successfully diagnose a plant problem or identify a weed or insect is highly dependent on quality images. Here are image guidelines to guarantee best results.

Submitted by

Name (Required information)

Street address (Required information)

City, state, ZIP (Required information)

E-mail address

Day phone number with area code

Specimen from

Name

Street address

City, state, ZIP

E-mail address

Day phone number with area code

Information about your images

We will make every effort to identify your image and provide information concerning the insect/mite.

Missouri county or neighboring state where image was made

Date image was made

Number of acres involved

- or -
Number of animals involved

Host plant

- or -
Host animal

Describe the problem or give additional collection site information; insect habits; plant or animal symtoms or if you have had this problem before (if so, when?).

Client wants

Identification
Life cycle or habits
If it causes disease
Control measures
Other

Number of insects found

One
Several
100 or more
by actual count
by estimate

Where was insect found?

In home
In yard
In garden
On livestock
On field crop
Other

Degree of infestation

One
Several
Spots or patches
Entire crop

Attach up to five images for identification

Image file names must be less than 50 characters long.

Image one (Required information)

Description

Image two

Description

Image three

Description

Image four

Description

Image five

Description

Updated 7/23/09