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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
Banded Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica balteata
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva (instars) Egg
5-6 mm Up to 9 mm 0.6 mm x 0.4 mm
Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle - Microtheca ochroloma Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
5 mm Five instars
Pepper Weevil - Anthonomus eugenii
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva(instars)
Egg
2-3.5 mm Up to 5 mm 0.5 mm x 0.4 mm
White-fringed Beetle - Naupactus (=Graphognathus) spp.
Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
12 mm 12 mm(Pupa)
0.9 mm x 0.6 mm
White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp.
Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
17-21 mm Three instars 2.4 mm x 1.5 mm
Southern Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus frontalis
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-4 mm Up to 7 mm 1.5 x 1.0 mm
Southern Blue-Green Citrus Root Weevil - Pachnaeus litus
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
8-14 mm
Northern Blue-Green Citrus Root Weevil - Pachnaeus opalus
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
8.4-14 mm
Little Leaf Notcher (Citrus Root Weevil) - Artipus floridanus
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
5.1-6.4 mm
Diaprepes Root Weevil - Diaprepes abbreviatus
Fruit, Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
9-15 mm 6-18 instarsUp to 20 mm
1.2 mm x 0.4 mm
Mexican Bromeliad Weevil - Metamasius callizona
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
11-16 mm Five instarsUp to 20 mm
2 mm x 1 mm
Asian Grey Weevil - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
7-8 mm
Hunting Billbug - Sphenophorus venatus vestitus
Turf Pest
Adult Larva Egg
6-11 mm 9-16 mm 2-3 mm
Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
19-30 cm
Twig Girdler - Oncideres cingulata
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
12-17 mm 16-25 mm 2.5 mm
Black Twig Borer - Xylosandrus compactus
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 mm (Female)1 mm (Male)
2 mm 0.5 mm
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
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:
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.