Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida

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

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

Southern Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus borellii

Turf Pest

Adult Larva Egg

2.5 cm

Tawny Mole Cricket - Scapteriscus vicinus

Turf Pest

Adult Larva Egg

2.5 cm

Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalis

Ornamental, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest

Adult Larva Egg

Up to 2 mm 0.25 mm

Melon Thrips - Thrips palmi

Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg

Up to 1 mm

Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosa

Fruit, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest

Adult Larva Egg

1 mm

Cuban Laurel Thrips - Gynaikothrips ficorum

Ornamental Pest

Adult Larva Egg

3-4 mm

Broad Mite - Polyphagotarsonemus latus

Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg

minute

Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae

Ornamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & Fruit Pest

Adult Larva Egg

minute

Tomato Russet Mite - Aculops lycopersici

Vegetable Pest

Adult Larva Egg

minute

Citrus Rust Mite - Phyllocoptruta oleivora

Fruit Pest

Adult Larva Egg

minute

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.