Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in

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

Adult 4 mm Southern Chinch Bug - Blissus insularis Turf Pest Larva Egg 0. 8 x 0. 3 mm

Adult Larva Egg 11 -15 mm Five instars Up to 10 mm 1. 4 mm x 1. 2 mm Brown Stink Bug - Euschistus servus Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg 13 -17 mm Five instars Up to 10 mm 1. 3 mm x 0. 9 mm Southern Green Stink Bug - Nezara viridula Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg 8 -12 mm Five to six instars 1. 3 -1. 4 mm Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionica Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg 1 mm Four instars Up to 1 mm 0. 2 mm Silverleaf Whitefly - Bemisia argentifolii or Bemisia tabaci Field Crop, Ornamental & Vegetable Pest

Adult < 4. 3 mm (Wingspan) Citrus Whitefly - Dialeurodes citri Fruit Pest Larva Egg 0. 25 mm

Adult Larva Egg 1 mm Up to 1 mm 0. 3 mm Cloudywinged Whitefly - Singhiella citrifolii Fruit Pest

FDACS/DPI Adult Larva 1 -2 mm Up to 1 mm Citrus Blackfly - Aleurocanthus woglumi Fruit Pest Egg

Adult Larva Egg 2 mm Five instars 0. 6 mm x. 3 mm Green Peach Aphid - Myzus persicae Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest

Adult Larva Egg 2 mm Four instars 0. 7 mm x 0. 2 mm Cabbage Aphid - Brevicoryne brassicae Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg 1 -2 mm Up to 1 mm None Melon Aphid - Aphis gossypii Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest

Adult Larva Egg 2 -4 mm Four instars Up to 2 mm None Potato Aphid - Macrosiphum euphorbiae Ornamental & Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg 3 mm Up to 3 mm None Brown Citrus Aphid - Toxoptera citricida Ornamental & Fruit Pest

Adult Larva Egg 2 -3 mm (Female) Three instars (Female) Two instars & Two pupal stages (Male) Up to 2 mm 0. 4 mm x 0. 2 mm Pink Hibiscus Mealybug - Maconellicoccus hirsutus Ornamental Pest

Adult Larva About 3 mm Females wingless Male winged Three instars Papaya Mealybug - Paracoccus marginatus Fruit & Ornamental Pest Egg

Adult Larva 3 mm (Body) Longtailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest Egg

Adult Larva Egg 3 -4 mm Five instars Up to 2 mm 0. 3 mm Asiatic Citrus Psyllid - Diaphorina citri Fruit Pest

Adult 1 -2 mm (Female) Up to 1 mm (Male) Cycad Aulacaspis Scale - Aulacaspis yasumatsui Ornamental & Tree Pest Larva Egg

Adult Up to 2 mm Tea Scale - Fiorinia theae Ornamental & Tree Pest Larva Egg

Adult Larva 2 -3 mm (Female) 1 mm (Male) False Oleander Scale - Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli Ornamental & Tree Pest Egg

Adult Up to 2 mm (Female) Citrus Snow Scale - Unaspis citri Fruit Pest Larva Egg

Adult Larva 2 -3 mm (Female) <1 mm (Male) White Peach Scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest Egg

Adult 3 mm Green Scale - Coccus viridis Ornamental & Tree Pest Larva Egg

Adult 2 -4 mm Florida Wax Scale - Ceroplastes floridensis Ornamental & Tree Pest Larva Egg

Adult Larva Egg 2 -5 mm 1 mm (Crawler) 0. 7 mm Hemispherical Scale - Saissetia coffeae Ornamental & Fruit Pest

Adult Up to 3 mm Pyriform Scale - Protopulvinaria pyriformis Ornamental & Fruit Pest Larva Egg

Adult 5 mm Cottony Cushion Scale - Icerya purchasi Fruit Pest Larva Egg

Adult Larva 1 -2 mm Lobate Lac Scale - Paratachardina pseudolobata Ornamental & Tree Pest Egg

Adult 2 -3 cm Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest Larva Egg

Squash Bug - Anasa tristis Vegetable Pest Adult Larva Egg 14 -16 mm Five instars Up to 10 mm 1. 5 -1. 1 mm

Adult Larva 3 -4 mm Five instars Lantana Lace Bug - Teleonemia scrupulosa Ornamental Pest Egg

Adult Larva Egg 7 mm 5 instars 0. 7 mm x 0. 2 mm Garden Fleahopper - Halticus bractatus Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva 2 cm Glassy-winged Sharpshooter - Homalodisca coagulata Fruit & Ornamental Pest Egg

Adult 10 -14 mm (Winged) 7 -8 mm (Short-winged) Jadera Bug - Jadera haemataloma Nuisance & Tree Pest Larva Egg

Adult Larva 6 mm Four instars Two-lined Spittlebug - Prosapia bicincta Turf Pest Egg

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 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

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