1. Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Turf Pests) 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

2. White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp. Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest AdultLarvaEgg 17-21 mmThree instars2.4 mm x 1.5 mm

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

4. Southern Chinch Bug - Blissus insularis Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 4 mm0.8 x 0.3 mm

5. Two-lined Spittlebug - Prosapia bicincta Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 6 mmFour instars

6. Fall Armyworm - Spodoptera frugiperda Turf, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 32-40 mm (Wingspan) Six instars Up to 34 mm 0.4 mm

7. Tropical Sod Webworm - Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 19-25.4 mm (Wingspan) Up to 25 mm

8. Southern Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus borellii Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2.5 cm

9. Tawny Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus vicinus Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2.5 cm

10. 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

11. 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:

12. 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.