Transcript Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida

Important Insect Plant Pests and their
Hosts in Florida (Field Crops)
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
9-15 mm
6-18 instars
Up to 20 mm
1.2 mm x 0.4 mm
Diaprepes Root Weevil - Diaprepes abbreviatus
Fruit, Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
2 mm
Up to 3 mm
1.0 mm x 0.2
mm
American Serpentine Leafminer - Liriomyza trifolii
Vegetable, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest
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
1 mm
Four instars
Up to 1 mm
0.2 mm
Silverleaf Whitefly - Bemisia argentifolii or Bemisia tabaci
Field Crop, Ornamental & Vegetable Pest
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
1-2 mm
Up to 1 mm
None
Melon Aphid - Aphis gossypii
Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest
Adult
2-3 cm
Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus
Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Larva
Egg
Adult
Larva
Egg
2-6 mm
Four instars
Up to 2 mm
0.2 mm x 0.3 mm
Red Imported Fire Ant - Solenopsis invicta
Animal, Nuisance, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
4 cm
Up to 3.5 cm
0.5 mm
Armyworm - Pseudaletia unipuncta
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
38-45 mm
(Wingspan)
Seven instars
Up to 37 mm
0.6- 0.7 mm
Granulate Cutworm - Agrotis subterranea
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
33-38 mm
(Wingspan)
Six instars
Up to 35 mm
0.5 mm
Southern Armyworm - Spodoptera eridania
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
25-30 mm
(Wingspan)
Five instars
Up to 22 mm
Beet Armyworm - Spodoptera exigua
Field Crop & Vegetable 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
Egg
34-41 mm
(Wingspan)
Six instars
Up to 35 mm
0.5 mm
Yellow Striped Armyworm - Spodoptera ornithogalli
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
32-45 mm
(Wingspan)
Six instars
Up to 25 mm
0.5- 0.6 mm
Corn Earworm - Helicoverpa zea
Field Crop, Fruit & Ornamental Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
30-38 mm
(Wingspan)
Six instars
Up to 48 mm
1-2 mm
Velvetbean Caterpillar - Anticarsia gemmatalis
Field Crop Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
33-38 mm
(Wingspan)
30-40 mm
0.6 mm
Cabbage Looper - Trichoplusia ni
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
17-22 mm
(Wingspan)
Six instars
Up to 16 mm
0.6 x 0.4 mm
Lesser Cornstalk Borer - Elasmopalpus lignosellus
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult
Larva
Egg
10 cm
(Wingspan)
Five or six instars
Up to 8 cm
1.5 mm
Tobacco Hornworm - Manduca sexta
Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult
Larva
Up to 2 mm
Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalis
Ornamental, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Egg
0.25 mm
Adult
1 mm
Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosa
Fruit, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Larva
Egg
Adult
minute
Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae
Ornamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & 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:
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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.