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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Trees)
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
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
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
Longtailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus
Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm (Body)
Cycad Aulacaspis Scale - Aulacaspis yasumatsui
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1-2 mm (Female)
Up to 1 mm (Male)
Tea Scale - Fiorinia theae
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 2 mm
False Oleander Scale - Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 mm (Female)
1 mm (Male)
White Peach Scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 mm (Female)
<1 mm (Male)
Green Scale - Coccus viridis
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm
Florida Wax Scale - Ceroplastes floridensis
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-4 mm
Lobate Lac Scale - Paratachardina pseudolobata
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1-2 mm
Jadera Bug - Jadera haemataloma
Nuisance & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
10-14 mm (Winged)7-8 mm (Short-winged)
Fall Webworm - Hyphantria cunea
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-32 mm (Wingspan)
25-32 mm
Palm Leafskeletonizer - Homaledra sabalella
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
16 mm Up to 16 mm
Eastern Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma americanum
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-44 mm (Wingspan)
50-64 mm
Forest Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-45 mm 50-64 mm
Tussock Moth - Orgyia detrita
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-30 mm(Wingspan males)
12-14 mm (Wingless females)
25-38 mm
Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-30 mm (Wingspan males)12-14 mm long (Wingless
females)
32 mm
Cabbage Palm Caterpillar - Litoprosopus futilis
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
51 mm(Wingspan)
38 mm
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
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - Romalea microptera (formerly R.
guttata) Fruit, Tree & Ornamental
Adult Larva Egg
6-8 cm
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.