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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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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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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Red admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria (Fruhstorfer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this distinctive, medium sized, brightly colored black and orange butterfly that is common throughout much of the United States — 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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Mango Seed Weevil, Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Robert E. Woodruff, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…This publication has been published as DPI Entomology Circular 93 and is also available on the Featured Creatures Web site by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, May 2006. …”
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Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia and Trielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) by E. E. Grissell

“…Grissell, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes a family of brightly patterned, stout-bodied wasps which are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. …”
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Living With Lovebugs by Norman C. Leppla

“…The author discusses several myths about these much-maligned creatures and describes some of the benefits they provide as well as tips for coping with them. …”
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Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia and Trielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) by E. E. Grissell

“…Grissell, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes a family of brightly patterned, stout-bodied wasps which are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. …”
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Living With Lovebugs by Norman C. Leppla

“…The author discusses several myths about these much-maligned creatures and describes some of the benefits they provide as well as tips for coping with them. …”
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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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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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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 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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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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Lesser Cornstalk Borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by John L. Capinera

“…This document is EENY-155, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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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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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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Lesser Cornstalk Borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by John L. Capinera

“…This document is EENY-155, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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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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