Identify an Insect

Need to have insects or other arthropods identified?

1. If possible, save the insect or arthropod for identification and take a photo.
2. Submit the online identification form.
3. An ODA entomologist will contact you with a response.

Oregon insect field guides

Guides for growers, nursery professionals, and homeowners.

Oregon Department of Agriculture Guides website

Bees of Oregon

• Bees of Oregon website
• Common Bee Pollinators of Oregon Crops guide
• Bees of Oregon poster

Beetles of Oregon

• Beetles of Oregon poster

Household Insects and Spiders of Oregon

• Household Insects and Spiders of Oregon website
• Household Insects and Spiders of Oregon guide

Northern Giant Hornet Look-Alikes

• Guide to Northern Giant Hornet Look-Alikes

Slugs and Snails of Oregon

• Slugs and Snails of Oregon website
• Slugs and Snails of Oregon guide
• Slugs and Snails of Oregon poster

Stink Bugs of Oregon

• Stink Bugs of Oregon ODA guide website
• Stink Bugs of Oregon guide
• Stink Bugs of Oregon poster

IPPM Poster Order Form–"Of Oregon" Poster Series (set of 4)

Screening aids

Tools for inspectors and pest management professionals.

• Identifying Drosophila suzukii by Josh Vlach
  Dichotomous key for the identification of Drosophila suzukii
• Key to the Dendroctonus beetles of North America
  Key designed to enable efficient sorting and identification of North American Dendroctonus beetles.
• Key to the Genera of Buprestidae of the Western USA
  An image based key to the genera and select species of the metallic wood boring beetles of the western US.
• Key to the Genera of Cerambycidae of Western North America
  An image based key to the genera of western North American longhorned wood borers.
• Key to the Genera of North American Scolytinae
  An image based key to the genera of North American bark and ambrosia beetles.
• Key to the Siricidae of North America (north of Mexico)
  An image based guide to species for females of North American wood wasps.
• Screening Aid for the Buprestidae (flat-headed or metallic wood-borers) of the Western USA
  Screening Aid designed to enable efficient sorting and identification of the most abundant species found in wood boring insect trap samples. Specific to flat-headed or metallic wood-borers.
• Screening Aid for the Cerambycidae (roundheaded or longhorned wood borers) of the Western USA
  Online PowerPoint designed to enable efficient sorting and identification of the most abundant species found in wood boring insect trap samples. Specific to roundheaded or longhorned wood borers.
• Screening Aid for the Ips, Orthotomicus, and Pseudips beetles of North America
  Screening aid designed to enable efficient sorting and identification of North American Ips, Orthotomicus, and Pseudips beetles.
• Screening Aid to the American Scolytinae
  An image based screening aid for the commonly trapped bark and ambrosia beetles in western North America.