Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo

“…This document is EENY-183 (IN340), one of the Featured Creatures series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. …”
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Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae) by Wayne N. Dixon, Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Fasulo, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this insect that attacks over half of the cultivated plant species grown in the United States, including increasing feeding damage on conifer seedlings — distribution, description, life history, hosts, damage, survey and detection, and management. …”
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Common name: mourning cloak (known in the United Kingdom as the Camberwell beauty) Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae) by Donald W. Hall, Jerry F. Butler

“…Butler, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this large, distinctive, and widely distributed butterfly — its distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, and economic importance. …”
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Common blossom thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by Garima Kakkar, Daksina R. Seal, Vivek Kumar Jha

“…Seal, and Vivek Kumar Jha, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this relatively new vegetable pest in South Florida which is a key pest in tomato and cucumber fields in South America — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, economic importance, and management. …”
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A Weevil, Eurhinus magnificus Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Bryan J. Ulmer, Rita E. Duncan, Jens Prena, Jorge E. Peña

“…Pena, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this brilliantly colored imported potential grape pest that has been found in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, its synonymy, distribution, description, biology, host plants and damage, and management. …”
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Royal Palm Bug, Xylastodoris luteolus Barber (Insecta: Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) by Thomas J. Weissling, Forrest W. Howard, Alan W. Meerow

“…This document is EENY-097, 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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Bella Moth, Rattlebox Moth, Inornate Moth or Calico Moth, Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae) by Donald W. Hall

“…This document is EENY-358 (IN644), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. …”
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Royal Palm Bug, Xylastodoris luteolus Barber (Insecta: Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) by Thomas J. Weissling, Forrest W. Howard, Alan W. Meerow

“…This document is EENY-097, 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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Tessellated Scale Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges, Forrest Howard, Catharine Mannion

“…EENY456, a 4-page illustrated fact sheet by Adriana Espinosa, Amanda Hodges, Greg Hodges, Forrest Howard, and Catharine Mannion, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this soft scale, native to South America, that can be a pest in greenhouses, commercial nurseries, and in the south Florida landscape — distribution, field characteristics, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage, 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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Sugarcane Grub, Tomarus subtropicus Blatchley (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabacidae) by Eileen Buss

“…This document is EENY-318, 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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Lesser Canna Leafroller, Geshna cannalis (Quaintance) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) by Heather J. McAuslane

“…This document is EENY-133, 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 Cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Blattaria: Blattidae) by K. A. Barbara

“…This document is EENY-141, 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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Jamaican Field Cricket, Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae) by Thomas J. Walker

“…This document is EENY-069, 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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Giant Swallowtail, Orangedog, Papilio cresphontes Cramer (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) by Heather J. McAuslane

“…McAuslane, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this striking, wonderfully “exotic”-looking butterfly that is very abundant in Florida, and whose larva is the well-known “orangedog” that is a minor pest of sweet orange and other members of the citrus family — its distribution, description, life cycle, host plants, biological control and other control methods. …”
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Squash Bug, Anasa tristis (DeGeer) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae) by John L. Capinera

“…This document is EENY-077, 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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Cribellate Spider, Metaltella simoni (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Araneae: Amphinectidae) by Glavis B. Edwards

“…This document is EENY-322 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 354), 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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Fruit Fly, Anastrepha nigrifascia Stone (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr.

“…This document is EENY-262 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 66), 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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Click Beetles, Alaus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae) by Robert E. Woodruff

“…This document is EENY-085 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 109), 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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Cribellate Spider, Metaltella simoni (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Araneae: Amphinectidae) by Glavis B. Edwards

“…This document is EENY-322 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 354), 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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