Identification Tools

Interactive Online Tool to Identify the Most Commonly Encountered Adult Ticks of Illinois

This identification tool was created with the novice user in mind. Found a tick and want to try identifying it? Check it out by clicking on picture below!

A Synopsis of the Mosquitoes of Illinois

This synopsis provides means tor identifying the mosquitoes likely to be found in Illinois. It contains keys to eggs, larvae, and adults, because the sanitarian, ecologist, and collector working with mosquitoes will find all stages of the insects and may not have the time or means to rear the insects to other stages. It is an extension of the original report. The Mosquitoes of Illinois (Ross 1947) in that it includes more species and presents a key to eggs of floodwater mosquitoes. Most of the keys in this synopsis have been enlarged from the original report; some of the illustrations are from the original report and some are new.