Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida
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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida
Kirk W. Martin CBSPUSDA-National Needs Fellow
Graduate Student-University of Florida Plant Medicine Program andIPM Apprentice-IPM Florida
Denise D. Thomas D.P.M.University of Florida Plant Medicine Program and IPM
Florida
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American Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
Fruit, Tree & Ornamental
Adult Larva Egg
39-42 mm (Male)48-55 mm(Female)
Six instarsUp to 45 mm
7.0-8.0 mm
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - Romalea microptera (formerly R.
guttata) Fruit, Tree & Ornamental
Adult Larva Egg
6-8 cm
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Southern Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus borellii
Turf Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2.5 cm
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Tawny Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus vicinus
Turf Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2.5 cm
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Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalis
Ornamental, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 2 mm 0.25 mm
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Melon Thrips - Thrips palmi
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 1 mm
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Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosa
Fruit, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1 mm
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Cuban Laurel Thrips - Gynaikothrips ficorum
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3-4 mm
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Broad Mite - Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
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Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae
Ornamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
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Tomato Russet Mite - Aculops lycopersici
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
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Citrus Rust Mite - Phyllocoptruta oleivora
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
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Many thanks to those that contributed to this project
Photographs by:– Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and
Nematology– Dr. Paul Choate, UF Entomology and
Nematology– Dr. John Capinera, Chair, UF Entomology
and Nematology– Dr. Norman Leppla, Director IPM Florida,
UF Entomology and Nematology– Dr. Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State
University - Dept., Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management , Bugwood.org
– John Folz,, Emeritus Faculty, UF Entomology and Nematology
Photographs by:– Dr. Russ Ottens, University of Georgia,
Bugwood.org– Tracy Conklin, UF Entomology and
Nematology– Larry Williams, Okaloosa County
Extension – Natasha Wright, Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
– Dr. James Castner, UF Entomology and Nematology
– Dr. Wayne Dixon, Florida Division of Plant Industry
– USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern Region
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Many thanks to those that contributed to this project
– Dr. Norman Leppla, Director-IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology
– Dr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Associate Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology
– Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and Nematology– Joyce Merritt, Publications Specialist, IPM
Florida and Plant Medicine Program– Kevyn Juneau, Research Assistant IPM
Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology
Contributors:
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References• Capinera, J.L., 2001 Handbook of Vegetable Pests. Academic Press: San Diego• Hodges, A., Hodges, G., Buss, L., Osborne, L., 2005 Mealybugs& Mealybug Look-Alikes of the
Southeastern United States• Stehr, F.W. 1987. Immature Insects. Volumes I and II. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company • C. Malcolm Beck and John Howard Garrett, 2005 Texas Bug Book
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Revised Edition. University of Texas Press: Austin, TX.• Short, D.E., Simone, G.W., Dunn, R.A. (Eds.), 2001 Commercial Ornamental Nursery Scouting
Manual. Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida: Gainesville, FL.