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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Turf Pests)

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.

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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Turf Pests)

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  1. 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

  2. White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp. Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest

  3. Hunting Billbug - Sphenophorusvenatusvestitus Turf Pest

  4. Southern Chinch Bug - Blissusinsularis Turf Pest

  5. Two-lined Spittlebug - Prosapiabicincta Turf Pest

  6. Fall Armyworm - Spodopterafrugiperda Turf, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest

  7. Tropical Sod Webworm - Herpetogrammaphaeopteralis Turf Pest

  8. Southern Mole Cricket - Scapteriscusborellii Turf Pest

  9. Tawny Mole Cricket - Scapteriscusvicinus Turf Pest

  10. Many thanks to those that contributed to this project • 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 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

  11. Many thanks to those that contributed to this project Contributors: 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 • Dr. Norman Leppla, Director-IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology • Dr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Associate Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology

  12. 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 BookThe 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.

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