Transcript Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida

Important Insect Plant Pests and their
Hosts in Florida (Turf Pests)
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
17-21 mm
Three instars
2.4 mm x 1.5 mm
White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp.
Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
6-11 mm
9-16 mm
2-3 mm
Hunting Billbug - Sphenophorus venatus vestitus
Turf Pest
Adult
4 mm
Southern Chinch Bug - Blissus insularis
Turf Pest
Larva
Egg
0.8 x 0.3 mm
Adult
Larva
6 mm
Four instars
Two-lined Spittlebug - Prosapia bicincta
Turf Pest
Egg
Adult
Larva
Egg
32-40 mm
(Wingspan)
Six instars
Up to 34 mm
0.4 mm
Fall Armyworm - Spodoptera frugiperda
Turf, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
19-25.4 mm
(Wingspan)
Up to 25 mm
Tropical Sod Webworm - Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
Turf Pest
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
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:
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Dr. Norman Leppla, Director-IPM Florida,
UF Entomology and Nematology
Dr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Associate
Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and
Nematology
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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
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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.