Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida Kirk W. Martin CBSP USDA-National Needs Fellow Graduate Student-University of Florida Plant Medicine Program and IPM 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 AdultLarva (instars)Egg 5-6 mmUp to 9 mm0.6 mm x 0.4 mm

Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle - Microtheca ochroloma Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 5 mmFive instars

Pepper Weevil - Anthonomus eugenii Vegetable Pest AdultLarva (instars) Egg mmUp to 5 mm0.5 mm x 0.4 mm

White-fringed Beetle - Naupactus (=Graphognathus) spp. Fruit & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 12 mm (Pupa) 0.9 mm x 0.6 mm

White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp. Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest AdultLarvaEgg mmThree instars2.4 mm x 1.5 mm

Southern Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus frontalis Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-4 mmUp to 7 mm1.5 x 1.0 mm

Southern Blue-Green Citrus Root Weevil - Pachnaeus litus Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 8-14 mm

Northern Blue-Green Citrus Root Weevil - Pachnaeus opalus Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg mm

Little Leaf Notcher (Citrus Root Weevil) - Artipus floridanus Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg mm

Diaprepes Root Weevil - Diaprepes abbreviatus Fruit, Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 9-15 mm6-18 instars Up to 20 mm 1.2 mm x 0.4 mm

Mexican Bromeliad Weevil - Metamasius callizona Ornamental Pest AdultLarvaEgg mmFive instars Up to 20 mm 2 mm x 1 mm

Asian Grey Weevil - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Ornamental Pest AdultLarvaEgg 7-8 mm

Hunting Billbug - Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 6-11 mm9-16 mm2-3 mm

Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg cm

Twig Girdler - Oncideres cingulata Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg mm16-25 mm2.5 mm

Black Twig Borer - Xylosandrus compactus Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2 mm (Female) 1 mm (Male) 2 mm0.5 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 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.