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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida

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1 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

2 American Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana Fruit, Tree & Ornamental
Adult Larva Egg 39-42 mm (Male) 48-55 mm (Female) Six instars Up to 45 mm mm American Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana Fruit, Tree & Ornamental

3 Adult Larva Egg 6-8 cm Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - Romalea microptera (formerly R. guttata) Fruit, Tree & Ornamental

4 Southern Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus borellii
Adult Larva Egg 2.5 cm Southern Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus borellii Turf Pest

5 Tawny Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus vicinus
Adult Larva Egg 2.5 cm Tawny Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus vicinus Turf Pest

6 Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalis
Adult Larva Egg Up to 2 mm 0.25 mm Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalis Ornamental, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest

7 Melon Thrips - Thrips palmi
Adult Larva Egg Up to 1 mm Melon Thrips - Thrips palmi Vegetable Pest

8 Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosa
Adult Larva Egg 1 mm Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosa Fruit, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest

9 Cuban Laurel Thrips - Gynaikothrips ficorum
Adult Larva Egg 3-4 mm Cuban Laurel Thrips - Gynaikothrips ficorum Ornamental Pest

10 Broad Mite - Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Adult Larva Egg minute Broad Mite - Polyphagotarsonemus latus Vegetable Pest

11 Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae
Adult Larva Egg minute Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae Ornamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & Fruit Pest

12 Tomato Russet Mite - Aculops lycopersici
Adult Larva Egg minute Tomato Russet Mite - Aculops lycopersici Vegetable Pest

13 Citrus Rust Mite - Phyllocoptruta oleivora
Adult Larva Egg minute Citrus Rust Mite - Phyllocoptruta oleivora Fruit Pest

14 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

15 Many thanks to those that contributed to this project
Contributors: 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

16 References Capinera, J.L., Handbook of Vegetable Pests. Academic Press: San Diego Hodges, A., Hodges, G., Buss, L., Osborne, L., 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, 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.

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