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 Larva Egg 39 -42 mm (Male) 48 -55 mm (Female) Six instars Up to 45 mm 7. 0 -8. 0 mm American Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana Fruit, Tree & Ornamental

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

Adult 2. 5 cm Southern Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus borellii Turf Pest Larva Egg

Adult 2. 5 cm Tawny Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus vicinus Turf Pest Larva Egg

Adult Larva Up to 2 mm Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalis Ornamental, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest Egg 0. 25 mm

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

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

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

Adult minute Broad Mite - Polyphagotarsonemus latus Vegetable Pest Larva Egg

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

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

Adult minute Citrus Rust Mite - Phyllocoptruta oleivora Fruit Pest Larva 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

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.