White M hairstreak, Parrhasius m-album (Boisduval & LeConte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) by Andrei Sourakov

“… EENY-441, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Andrei Sourakov, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this metallic blue Neotropical hairstreak with characteristic M-shaped pattern on its silver-colored underside which flies in clearings and edges of oak growth — its distribution, biology and lifecycle, and hosts. …”
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Black larder beetle, incinerator beetle, Dermestes ater DeGeer (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae) by Nurmastini S. Bujang, Phillip E. Kaufman

“…Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this cosmopolitan species that feeds on various plant and animal products, as well as dead insects and carrion — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, economic importance, veterinary importance, forensic importance, and management. …”
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Bean Flower Thrips Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by Rafia Khan, Dakshina Seal, Rosan Adhikari

“… The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) and False Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Richard L. Jacques, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Fasulo, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes these two species of potato beetles that are found in the eastern states — distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, Key to the Leptinotarsa spp. of Florida, and management. …”
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Pine Shoot Beetle, Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Michael C. Thomas, Wayne N. Dixon, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Fasulo, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this serious pest of pines in Europe that is considered a potential threat to some of the pine species cultivated in Florida — distribution, identification, biology, economic importance, survey, and management. …”
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Slugs (of Florida) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) by Lionel A. Stange, Jane E. Deisler

“…This document is EENY-087 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circulars No. 197 and 261), 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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Waterlily Leafcutter, Synclita obliteralis (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae) by Dale H. Habeck, James P. Cuda

“…Cuda, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this common moth that has been observed to inflict severe damage on the invasive aquatic plant Hygrophila polysperma — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, economic importance, and related species. …”
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Grapeleaf Skeletonizer, Harrisina americana (Guerin-Meneville) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) by Frank W. Mead, Susan E. Webb

“…This document is EENY-191 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 92), 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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Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Insecta: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) by James D. Ellis, Amanda Ellis

“…Ellis and Amanda Ellis, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this small beetle native to sub-Saharan Africa, which can cause considerable damage to colonies of European honey bees outside of its host range — distribution, description, life cycle, economic importance, and management. …”
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Brazilian Red-Eyed Fly Ormia depleta (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tachinidae) by Haleigh A. Ray, Jennifer Lynn Gillett-Kaufman

“…Available on EDIS at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1219 First published at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/BENEFICIAL/FLIES/Ormia_depleta.html …”
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Slugs (of Florida) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) by Lionel A. Stange, Jane E. Deisler

“…This document is EENY-087 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circulars No. 197 and 261), 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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Hawthorn Lace Bug, Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Frank W. Mead

“…This document is EENY-080, 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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Fuller Rose Beetle, Naupactus godmanni (Crotch) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges

“…EENY-375, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Jamba Gyeltshen and Amanda Hodges, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this cosmopolitan beetle whose extensive list of hosts include citrus, cucurbits, strawberry, beans, peach, rhubarb, rose, and potato — synonymy, distribution, description, biology, host plants, damage, and management. …”
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Hawthorn Lace Bug, Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) by Frank W. Mead

“…This document is EENY-080, 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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Silver-Spotted Skipper; Epargyreus clarus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperidae: Pyrginae) by Donald W. Hall

“…Hall, is part of the Featured Creatures Collection of fact sheets. It describes one of the largest, most widespread and most recognizable skippers, characterized by a large white spot on the underside of each hind wing — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, and economic importance. …”
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Horned passalus, Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae) by Christopher S. Bibbs, Amanda C. Hodges, Rebecca W. Baldwin

“…Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology as part of the Featured Creatures collection, December 2010. EENY 487/IN879: Horned passalus, Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Waterlily Leafcutter, Synclita obliteralis (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae) by Dale H. Habeck, James P. Cuda

“…Cuda, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this common moth that has been observed to inflict severe damage on the invasive aquatic plant Hygrophila polysperma — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, economic importance, and related species. …”
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Pleasing Fungus Beetles, Pseudischyrus, Tritoma, Megalodacne, Ischyrus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Erotylidae) by Paul E. Skelley

“…This document is EENY-091 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 313), 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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Southern House Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say by Stephanie Larrick, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly

“…EENY457, a 6-page illustrated fact sheet by Stephanie Larrick and Roxanne Connelly, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this medium-sized brown mosquito that exists throughout the tropics and the lower latitudes of temperate regions and is a vector of many pathogens, several of which affect humans — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, medical importance, and management. …”
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Chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by Vivek Kumar Jha, Dakshina R. Seal, Garima Kakkar

“…Seal, and Garima Kakkar, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this new introduced insect pest that is an important pest of vegetable, ornamental, and fruit crops — synonymy, distribution, identification, life cycle and biology, hosts, damage, disease transmission, management. …”
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