Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) by Andrei Sourakov, Thomson Paris

“…Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology as part of the Featured Creatures collection, December 2010. EENY 486/IN878: Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) (ufl.edu)   …”
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Red-spotted purple Limenitis (=Basilarchia) arthemis astyanax (Fabricius)(Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this beautiful forest butterfly that is also commonly seen in wooded suburban areas — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, and hosts. …”
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Light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) by Caitlin A. Lewis, Amanda C. Hodges

“…Hodges, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this extremely polyphagous insect, native to Australia, that is considered to be a major pest of fruits and ornamental plants — distribution, description and life cycle, damage, economic importance, and management. …”
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Hide beetle Dermestes maculatus DeGeer by Brianna Shaver, Phillip Kaufman

“…EENY466, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Brianna Shaver and Phillip Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this beetle that feeds on carrion and dry animal products and has forensic significance in helping to estimate the postmortem interval in suicide or homicide cases — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle and biology, forensic importance, and economic importance. …”
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American snout, Libytheana carinenta (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this small, dull colored butterfly with an elongated snout — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, and hosts. …”
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A mosquito Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae) by Stephanie K. Larrick, Erik M. Blosser, C. Roxanne Connelly

“…Roxanne Connelly, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this small, dark brown mosquito that exists in the tropics and subtropics and about which little is known — distribution, description, biology, medical importance, and management. …”
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Cassius blue, tropical striped blue Leptotes cassius (Cramer) (Instecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this beautiful tiny blue butterfly that is locally common throughout peninsular Florida — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, and hosts. …”
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American lady, American painted lady, Vanessa virginiensis (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) by Donald W. Hall

“…Hall, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this attractive butterfly whose larvae (caterpillars) make nests by silking together leaves on host plants - distribution, description, life cycle and biology, and hosts. …”
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Elongate Twig Ant, Mexican Twig Ant (suggested common names), Pseudomyrmes gracilis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) by Patricia L. Toth

“…Toth, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this neotropical, arboreal ant best known for its associations with plants and its terrible sting, its synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, nests, hosts, damage, and management. …”
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Southern Cabbageworm (larva), Checkered White (adult) Pontia (=Pieris) protodice (Biosduval & Leconte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae) by Donald W. Hall

“…Hall, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this pierid butterfly that is common throughout much of the U. …”
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Eastern comma, hop merchant, comma angelwing, Polygonia comma (Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this small inconspicuous butterfly that prefers moist woods — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, and economic importance. …”
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Hawthorn Lace Bug, Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Frank W. Mead, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Fasulo, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this pest of woody, rosaceous plants in the northern part of Florida and across the U.S. — partial synonymy, distribution, identification, life history, hosts, detection notes, and management. …”
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Red and Black Flat Mite, A False Spider Mite, Brevipalpus phoenics (Geijskes) (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae) by Harold A. Denmark, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Fasulo, is included in the Featured Creatures series. It describes this mite with extensive host range and potential for economic damage, its synonymy, distribution, description, hosts, economic importance, management, and selected references. …”
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False Chinch Bug Nysius raphanus Howard (Insecta: Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) by Babu Panthi, Braden Evans, Justin Renkema

“…Includes: Introduction - Distribution - Description and Life Cycle - Host Plants - Damage - Management - Selected References https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1212 Also published at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/ORN/TURF/false_chinch_bug.html …”
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Red date scale, Phoenicococcus marlatti (Cockerell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Phoenicoccidae) by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Gregg Hodges, Catharine Mannion

“…EENY-454, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges, and Catharine Mannion, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this most important pest of the date palm, its distribution, field characteristics, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage, and management. …”
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Banded Net-Winged Beetle, Calopteron discrepans (Newman) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lycidae) by Donald W. Hall, Marc A. Branham

“…Branham, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this colorful black and orange net-winged woodland beetle common through much of the eastern U.S., its distribution, description, and life cycle and biology. …”
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Eastern comma, hop merchant, comma angelwing, Polygonia comma (Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this small inconspicuous butterfly that prefers moist woods — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, and economic importance. …”
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Red-spotted purple Limenitis (=Basilarchia) arthemis astyanax (Fabricius)(Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this beautiful forest butterfly that is also commonly seen in wooded suburban areas — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, and hosts. …”
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Cabbage Palm Caterpillar, Litoprosopus futilis (Grote & Robinson) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Ophiderinae) by G. W. Dekle

“…Dekle, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this larva of the owlet moth that can seriously affect the production of palmetto honey — synonymy, distribution, description, hosts, field observations, economic importance, and management. …”
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Drone fly, rat-tailed maggot Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) by Margaret Pfiester, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this hover fly that mimics the European honey bee and is adapted to living in polluted habitats — its distribution, description, life cycle, economic importance, and management. …”
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