Gene Wood (left) and John Davidson (right). (Photo by Dr. Pat Zungoli.) |
The hand-drawn illustrations on this site were created over more than 50 years (ca. 1960 – 2016) by faculty, colleagues, and students of the Maryland Department of Entomology. Most drawings are by the late Dr. Francis Eugene (Gene) Wood and Dr. John A. Davidson. Additional images were contributed by Dr. Michael J. Raupp, colleagues Elaine R. Hodges and Arthur D. Cushman (SEL, ARS, USDA), and by students Amy K. Bartlett, Manya B. Stoetzel, and Warren E. Steiner, Jr. The interest in scientific illustration artwork at the Entomology Department was first engendered by Gene Wood around 1960. His drawings were used as teaching aids and incorporated into pamphlets, fact sheets, and other documents.
John Davidson soon followed his lead and created many ink drawings, primarily of scale insects, as well as color artwork in more recent years. Many of the ink drawings are used in training materials for advanced landscape Integrated Pest Management (IPM) courses, and in the book, Managing Insects and Mites on Woody Plants: an IPM Approach (Davidson and Raupp, 2014). This book can be purchased from the Tree Care Industry Association. |
Acknowledgements
The Department of Entomology, University of Maryland is grateful to the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for providing inspiration for this website. Visit their site: https://www.life.illinois.edu/entomology/illustrations.html.
The Department of Entomology, University of Maryland Insect Illustrations website would not have been possible without the persistence of John Davidson and the assistance of Greg Hess, Michael Katsereles, Lashawnda Bynum, Josh Kiner, and Lynn Davidson.
The Department of Entomology, University of Maryland is grateful to the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for providing inspiration for this website. Visit their site: https://www.life.illinois.edu/entomology/illustrations.html.
The Department of Entomology, University of Maryland Insect Illustrations website would not have been possible without the persistence of John Davidson and the assistance of Greg Hess, Michael Katsereles, Lashawnda Bynum, Josh Kiner, and Lynn Davidson.