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  • A brown phase black bear (Ursus americanus) in a remote canyon of the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. This bear carries the seeds of houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale) a non-native invasive weed on its neck and shoulder, thus illustrating the diffculty of weed control once non-native plants are introduced. Photographed at night with a motion sensing camera. Summer 2002
    animal_weed_distribution_MDurham629_...jpg
  • An indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) , an invasive non-native predator, eating native ground nesting bird eggs on the Hawaiian Island of Muai.
    indian_mongoose_hawaii_101305002.jpg
  • An indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) , an invasive non-native predator, eating native ground nesting bird eggs on the Hawaiian Island of Muai.
    indian_mongoose_hawaii_101305001.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-139.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-100.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-133.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-126.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-144.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-115.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-109.jpg
  • Medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae) is a winter annual native to the Mediterranean region of Eurasia. It is one of the primary range weeds in the western United States. It is a serious threat to native grasslands with complex plant communities degraded to a low seral state. Medusahead is an aggressive competitor with other plants including other annuals in native prairies. A low-value forage species for livestock and wildlife, it has been estimated that the carrying capacity of rangeland for livestock and wildlife has been reduced by 75 percent after medusahead invasion.
    medusahead_6911JD2-103.jpg
  • American bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), an invasive species in the western United States.  Native frogs are turtles often lose when these frogs take over a home pond.
    American_bullfrog_52310MSSb-106-Edit.jpg
  • Detailed portrait of imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas. This species is native to South America, it has become well established in the southern United States.
    red_fire_ant_portrait_110707SS-35F.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavengin in a residential garbage can. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    garbage_city_rat_DurHM139.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavengin in a residential garbage can. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    garbage_city_rat_DurHM138.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) near a city sewer outlet. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    sewer_rat_DurHM131.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) on a street curb at night in a residential neigborhood. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    city_rat_DurHM125.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) on a street curb at night in a residential neigborhood. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world.
    city_rat_DurHM143.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavenging in a residential garbage can. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    garbage_city_rat_DurHM141.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) scavengin in a residential garbage can. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    garbage_city_rat_DurHM140.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) near a city sewer outlet. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    sewer_rat_DurHM136.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) near a city sewer outlet. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    sewer_rat_DurHM133.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) cleaning itself near a city sewer outlet. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    sewer_rat_DurHM129.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) near a city sewer outlet. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    DurhM409.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) near a city sewer outlet. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    sewer_rat_DurHM134.jpg
  • A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) cleaning itself near a city sewer outlet. Portland, Oregon. These rats are not native, but are european in origin and have followed human settlements around the world. Captive illustration.
    sewer_rat_DurHM132.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-169.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_113013dd-120.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_113013dd-116.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-86.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-519.jpg
  • A feral pig (Sus scrofa) wading in the shallows of the Gulf Of Mexico. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
    jesus_pig_12006008.jpg
  • A japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) in flight - Tennessee. These insects damage plants by skeletonizing the foliage, that is, consuming only the leaf material between the veins, and may also feed on fruit on the plants if present.)
    Popillia_japonica-62413cb-155.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-168.jpg
  • Seeds from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-143.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-119.jpg
  • Seeds from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-114.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-112.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_113013dd-115.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_113013dd-110.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-51.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-17.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-11.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-401.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-36.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-31.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-19.jpg
  • A feral pig (Sus scrofa) near the shallows of the Gulf Of Mexico. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
    feral_pig_Sus_scrofa_12106004.jpg
  • A feral pig (Sus scrofa) near the shallows of the Gulf Of Mexico. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
    feral_pig_Sus_scrofa_12106003.jpg
  • A feral pig (Sus scrofa) wading in the shallows of the Gulf Of Mexico. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
    feral_pig_Sus_scrofa_12106002.jpg
  • A feral pig (Sus scrofa) portrait. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
    feral_pig_Sus_scrofa_12106001.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-210.jpg
  • Seeds from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-201.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_12313-137.jpg
  • A seed from a dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) is dispersed by wind in Western Oregon.
    wishing_113013dd-108.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-90.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta) swarm in defence of their colony. These ants are aggresive and have a painful sting. Central Texas.
    red_fire_ant_nest_4109Smy-66.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-2-1.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-18.jpg
  • An imported red fire ant (solenopsis invicta) worker. Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31709Timfa-15.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-77.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-488.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-455.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-45.jpg
  • Imported red fire ants (solenopsis invicta), Texas.
    red_fire_ants_31609PhF-105.jpg
  • Staff botanist for The Nature Conservancy, Susan Geer, works to distinguish native plants and non-native plants during a weed survey on Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Bunchgrass prairies may contain thousands of native plants and some weeds as well. Keeping the native plants and eliminating weeds is a priority on the rare grassland.
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-029.jpg
  • Staff botanist for The Nature Conservancy, Susan Geer, works to distinguish native plants and non-native plants during a weed survey on Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. While a seemingly impossible task given the scope of the grassland, preserve employees and volunteers work to keep the prairie as ecologically healthy as possible. (Fully released)
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-030.jpg
  • (from left to right) Robert Taylor, Phil Shephard, Catherine Parks, and Susan Geer study a map before surveying The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve for non-native and invasive weeds. Keeping foreign plants out, and native plants in, is a Conservancy priority for managing the rare grassland. (Fully released)
    Prairie_Survey-OR-MRD64-024.jpg
  • Life grows on a decaying log in the Metolius River. Non-native ribbon grass (middle) - (Phalaris arundinacea) is a garden ornamental that is pushing out native plants along the river. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon.
    River_Metolius-7477.jpg
  • Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa). These frogs are disappearing from their former ranges because of habitat loss and predation by non-native wildlife.
    Oregon_spotted_frog_10706026.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-127.jpg
  • Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in non-native vinca flowers at night. Forest Park, Portland, Oregon. July 1995
    urban_raccoon-MDurham167.jpg
  • Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa). These frogs are disappearing from their former ranges because of habitat loss and predation by non-native wildlife.
    Oregon_spotted_frog_10706043.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81912CmSt2.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillar on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-121.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-109.jpg
  • Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) at Cascade Head Preserve on the Oregon Coast. The cinnabar moth was first introduced into Oregon in 1960 to contraol non-native, invasive, tansy ragwort.  Subsequent research has shown that the cinnabar moth can reduce ragwort populations by 50-75% on sites favorable for their survivorship (Isaacson and Ehrensing 1977).  Adult cinnabar moths begin to emerge in late spring/early summer.  Mating commences quickly, and females lay their eggs on the underside of ragwort leaves.  Larva hatch in about two weeks and begin feeding on ragwort foliage.  By the third instar, larvae have migrated to the top of the plant to feed on the buds and flowers. With a good population of larvae, plants are stripped of flowers, buds and leaves.
    cinnabar_moth-81812CM-106.jpg
  • Raccoon (Procyon lotor) in non-native vinca flowers at night. Forest Park, Portland, Oregon. July 1995
    urban_raccoon-MDurham168.jpg
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