In most cases it is very difficult to identify an insect over the phone. If you need it identified catch it in a container with a tight fitting lid. Then, please call ODA (1-800-525-0137) to obtain details on preserving and sending the insect(s) for identification. After you call and receive mailing instructions, you may send samples to the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division, IPPM, 635 Capitol St. NE, Salem OR 97301. An ODA entomologist will examine it and contact you.

If you are stung or bitten by an insect or other arthropod ODA can identify it if you catch it and preserve it properly. Please call ODA (1-800-525-0137) to obtain details on preserving and sending the insect(s). After you call and receive mailing instructions you may send samples to the Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division, IPPM, 635 Capitol St. NE, Salem OR 97301. An ODA entomologist will examine it and contact you.

The extension agent in your county is the best resource for identification of plant and animal species in your home or yard. The College of Agriculture has a webpage with contact information for agents statewide. Just click on the name of your county or its location on the color coded map. Check out Franklin County's Lawn Care Frequently Asked Questions page for great information on fertilizers, weeds, and pests.

We do not have staff at CalPhotos that can identify plants and animals, but we do keep a list of resources that might be helpful. Please see Identifying Plants and Animals for resources you can use to identify plants, insects, and other creatures.

All the details that could help us identify an insect can't always be given in an oral or written description. For instance, to identify a house fly, we sometimes have to use a microscope to check for hairs in a specific spot on its body. Identifying immature insects, like caterpillars, can also be quite a challenge. The Insectarium's entomologists use identification keys to identify insects. Taxonomy experts can provide more in-depth expertise in some cases.

We have a special section in the InsectNet.com Forum named What Bug is This? for help on identification. There are many experts there that can help you with the ID. Post a message there. You will get the best results if you have a clear, close up picture of the insect you want to indentify. You must have a Forum account to post messaages or reply to messages. If you do not already have a Forum account, go to the Forum lobby page and click on the 'Please register' link in the upper right corner.

Only six of Florida's snakes species are venomous, and most of the snakes you will see are harmless. You may get a brochure on Venomous snakes (pdf) or Non-poisonous snakes (pdf). Many people find a snake in the house bothersome. Snakes may be removed from buildings with glue-boards or funnel traps. The Wildlife Resources Handbook has more information.

We recommend that you contact your local county cooperative extension service. They have master gardeners that will be able to help you identify the plant.

It's hard to describe an animal accurately enough for a positive ID in text. Try a field guide first, since you can look back and forth from the book to the animal. (Several guides are available; in the United States the Audubon guide and the Peterson guides are recommended. In Europe, refer to the "Collins Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe by E.N. Arnold, J.A. Burton and D.W. Ovenden" as a starting reference.

Very easily with some work. You can visit this website and look up many different orders of insects with matching images to help aid in your identification.

Flies come into your home for various reasons depending on the species, usually to hibernate, feed, or reproduce. Cluster flies seek only shelter from the cold in your walls and attic and become active on warm days - even in winter months!

Millions of people worldwide are taking blood thinners for hypercoagulation. Millions of others are prescribed aspirin (a blood thinner) to prevent arteriosclerosis, despite side effects such as gastric irritation and bleeding. Can herbs such as gingko and nutritional supplements such as vitamin E interact with blood thinners? The answer is Yes, and you should know about it. The following Frequently Asked Question is excerpted from the October 15, 1997 issue of American Family Physician

Guidelines for placing Realty signs vary from community to community. You need to review your community documents regarding this topic. You may also contact your community manager for specific information at 480-844-2224. This information has been ruled on by the FCC. You cannot be restricted from having a satellite dish if it interferes with reception and a clear signal. However, your community may have guidelines for placement.

The best way is to purchase a bird identification book. The National Audubon Society has a Field Guide to North American Birds for the Western and Eastern regions. These books include color photographs and descriptions of the birds you may find in your backyard. One particularly good source for bird books is the Los Angeles Audubon Society Bookstore (323) 876-0202 Audubon California is a conservation organization, and is not equipped to take injured animals or to give advice on their care

Ablino or partial albino (known as leucistic) house finches are not uncommon. Because all eastern house finches are descendents of 40 or so adults released on Long Island in the 1940s, some genetic conflicts, which can produce white plumage, are fairly regular among the house finches. While it's not a major ornithological find, it is very interesting to watch a single albino bird and see how it interacts with others, and how often it comes to your feeder.

Many greyhounds live in small apartments with no yard, but their owners are committed to 2-3 short walks and 1-2 long walks a day. Your level of commitment must be able to handle your living situation.

Dealers often use homes as a focal point for their customers to purchase drugs. Observations such as a high volume of short stay traffic or persons waiting outside for long periods of time-even in severe weather conditions-,ay indicate that a home is being used as a distribution point for illegal drugs.

Yes. Most of the mosquitoes biting you live in your yard. Others may be brought in by the wind. As the females in your yard are trapped, the generations are eliminated, thereby interrupting the breeding cycle in your yard. This usually occurs after 4 to 6 weeks of continuous use.

Answer-Affected plant samples may be referred to the Sr. Scientist (Entomology) of the RRTTS (Judia Farm), Keonjhar.

After spending part of their life as females, some individuals undergo sex reversal, transforming into males. All larger individuals are males. The large males construct bubble nests at the mouth of burrows and guard the eggs and young. A high degree of parental care is given probably assuring greater reproductive success. Because they are air breathers, conventional eradication measures, such as ichthyocides (chemicals which deny oxygen to the gills), are ineffective.

Yes. A tendency to exaggerate things is very Dominican. A lot of Dominicans tend to make believe and sometimes believe themselves, that they have more than they really have, that they can do more than they really can do, that they are the only beholders of the truth, beauty and righteousness. Our things are always the best, the largest, the first, the most, etc. etc. and we are always right.

ODA? (Optical Design Automation) is Photeon’s software tool capable of automatically finding the best taper, regardless of the designer’s skill level. With the ODA? tool, all the designer need do is simply define the input and output distribution.

First of all, chances are extremely low that you'd ever get spores in your house. If you did, the spores would be very difficult to kill. But that's OK. The spores exist naturally throughout the United States. They're out there, along with many benign vacteria and other, virulent bacteria.

The City's Code Enforcement Bureau also handles this. Call 315-785-7735 during regular business hours or you can call our Complaint Line and leave a voice message at (315)785-7846.

You should call the Wastewater Department immediately to report any visible signs of sewerage anywhere, or any signs of an impending clog (i.e. drains bubbling, drain gurgling sounds, or bad sewer odors. Licensed Drainlayer's List

Our world is filled with dead end streets. But most of us avoid them. By doing so, we pass up the untapped knowledge that is hidden there. Lessons to be learned, stories to be told, pains to be shared, loves to be rekindled – these all exist on the world’s dead end streets. We liberate this whizdom and share it with you.

I've done weddings on Christmas Day and New Years Day. My oldest couple got married at Sarasota's Bayfront Park by a sculpture titled "Unconditional Surrender" which depicts a sailor kissing a nurse at the end of WWII. I did one wedding just after midnight on the day the license became effective (after the 3-day waiting period). In 1997, I "married" a pair of local disc jockeys to their listeners.

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