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Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)
Published 2015-02-01“… Ripiphoridae are a family of unusual parasitic beetles that are thought to be related to tumbling flower beetles and blister beetles. They parasitize bees and wasps, roaches, and wood-boring beetles, but specific hosts for many ripiphorid species are unknown. …”
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American Sand Wasp (suggested common name), Bembix americana Fabricius, 1793 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae)
Published 2024-03-01“…Males participate in a distinctive mating behavior called a “sun dance” in which groups of males fly low over nesting areas waiting for females to emerge so they can be the first to mate with them. Adults feed on flower nectar and can often be found visiting a variety of wildflowers. …”
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Thistle Control in Pastures
Published 2019-11-01“…Consequently, management practices need to be conducted prior to flower formation for effective thistle control. Even if thistles have not infested your pasture in the past, it is ideal that your pastures are scouted in late fall through mid-spring to ensure that thistles do not get out of control. …”
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Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)
Published 2015-02-01“… Ripiphoridae are a family of unusual parasitic beetles that are thought to be related to tumbling flower beetles and blister beetles. They parasitize bees and wasps, roaches, and wood-boring beetles, but specific hosts for many ripiphorid species are unknown. …”
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Many Plants Have Extrafloral Nectaries Helpful to Beneficials
Published 2004-07-01“… Most everyone is aware that flowers commonly produce nectar that is important in encouraging pollination as well as providing food for hummingbirds and insects. …”
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Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens
Published 2018-10-01“… Seaside goldenrod is highly tolerant of both saline soils and salt spray and is usually found on beach dunes, tidal marshes, and disturbed areas throughout coastal areas from Mexico North to Maine and on islands in the Bahamas. It is a prolific flower- and seed-producer. It attracts many pollinators, including birds, native bees, honey bees, butterflies (especially Monarch butterflies), and beneficial insects. …”
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Pest Identification Guide: An Introduction to Thrips
Published 2016-02-01“… Tiny insects called thrips are difficult to see with the unaided eye but cause very obvious and sometimes ruinous damage to the flowers, buds, and fruit of many important crops. …”
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‘Bloomify™ Red’ and ‘Bloomify™ Rose’, Two Infertile Lantana camara Cultivars for Production and Use in Florida
Published 2017-10-01“…This publication describes the plant, stem, leaf and flower characteristics, and the male and female infertility of these new cultivars, and their hybridization potential with Lantana depressa, the Florida native lantana species. …”
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Biology and Management of Eclipta (Eclipta prostrata) in Ornamental Crop Production
Published 2015-03-01“… Eclipta grows aggressively in containers and can outcompete nursery crops for water, nutrients, and light. Plants flower in as little as five weeks after germination and produce thousands of seeds over the course of a growing season, and stem fragments left on the soil or media surface following hand-weeding or cultivation can root and reproduce vegetatively. …”
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UF-T3 and UF-T4: Two Sterile Lantana camara Varieties
Published 2012-09-01“…Lantana camara plants are valued for their bright flower color, butterfly attraction, tolerance to harsh environmental conditions, low maintenance requirements, and ease of propagation and production. …”
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Propagation and Production of Seacoast Marshelder
Published 2004-12-01“…The flowers appear in late summer and continue into early fall. …”
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Biology and Management of Eclipta (Eclipta prostrata) in Ornamental Crop Production
Published 2015-03-01“… Eclipta grows aggressively in containers and can outcompete nursery crops for water, nutrients, and light. Plants flower in as little as five weeks after germination and produce thousands of seeds over the course of a growing season, and stem fragments left on the soil or media surface following hand-weeding or cultivation can root and reproduce vegetatively. …”
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Atlantic St. John's Wort, Hypericum tenuifolium Synonym: Hypericum reductum
Published 2018-10-01“…This plant is a prolific flower producer that attracts numerous pollinators. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg170 This publication is derived from information in SGEB-75/SG156, Dune Restoration and Enhancement for the Florida Panhandle, by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Christina Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, and Ashlynn Smith. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg156. …”
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Propagation and Production of Atlantic St. Johnswort
Published 2004-07-01“…Each flower is 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) in diameter with 5 clear yellow petals (Radford et al. 1983). …”
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Atlantic St. John's Wort, Hypericum tenuifolium Synonym: Hypericum reductum
Published 2018-10-01“…This plant is a prolific flower producer that attracts numerous pollinators. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg170 This publication is derived from information in SGEB-75/SG156, Dune Restoration and Enhancement for the Florida Panhandle, by Debbie Miller, Mack Thetford, Christina Verlinde, Gabriel Campbell, and Ashlynn Smith. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/sg156. …”
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Seaside Goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens
Published 2018-10-01“… Seaside goldenrod is highly tolerant of both saline soils and salt spray and is usually found on beach dunes, tidal marshes, and disturbed areas throughout coastal areas from Mexico North to Maine and on islands in the Bahamas. It is a prolific flower- and seed-producer. It attracts many pollinators, including birds, native bees, honey bees, butterflies (especially Monarch butterflies), and beneficial insects. …”
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Tropical Fruit Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP)
Published 2004-04-01“…Secondly, there is a lack of education with regard to flower predation and disease control during bloom. …”
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Camellias at a Glance
Published 2012-04-01“…Camellias are long lived and function well as foundation plantings, screens, accent plants, background groupings, and hedges. Camellias flower in the fall and winter when few other plants are blooming. …”
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Propagation and Production of Atlantic St. Johnswort
Published 2004-07-01“…Each flower is 1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in) in diameter with 5 clear yellow petals (Radford et al. 1983). …”
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Pest Identification Guide: An Introduction to Thrips
Published 2016-02-01“… Tiny insects called thrips are difficult to see with the unaided eye but cause very obvious and sometimes ruinous damage to the flowers, buds, and fruit of many important crops. …”
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