Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Trees)
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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida
Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Trees)
Kirk W. Martin CBSPUSDA-National Needs FellowGraduate 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
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White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp. Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest
AdultLarvaEgg17-21 mmThree instars2.4 mm x 1.5 mm2
Southern Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus frontalis Tree PestAdultLarvaEgg2-4 mmUp to 7 mm1.5 x 1.0 mm3
Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatusOrnamental & Tree PestAdultLarvaEgg19-30 cm4
Twig Girdler - Oncideres cingulataTree PestAdultLarvaEgg12-17 mm16-25 mm2.5 mm5
Black Twig Borer - Xylosandrus compactusTree PestAdultLarvaEgg2 mm (Female)1 mm (Male)2 mm0.5 mm6
Longtailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinusFruit, Ornamental & Tree PestAdultLarvaEgg3 mm (Body)7
Cycad Aulacaspis Scale - Aulacaspis yasumatsuiOrnamental & Tree PestAdultLarvaEgg1-2 mm (Female)Up to 1 mm (Male)8
Tea Scale - Fiorinia theaeOrnamental & Tree PestAdultLarvaEggUp to 2 mm9
False Oleander Scale - Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli Ornamental & Tree PestAdultLarvaEgg2-3 mm (Female)1 mm (Male)10
White Peach Scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagonaFruit, Ornamental & Tree PestAdultLarvaEgg2-3 mm (Female)