Pest Identification Guide: An Introduction to Thrips by Nicole Casusa, Hugh Smith

“… 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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Pest Management of Peppers in Miami-Dade County, Florida by Qingren Wang, Shouan Zhang, Dakshina Seal, Teresa Olczyk

“…To assist local pepper growers in maintaining crop productivity and improving the quality of produce, this publication illustrates common pests including major diseases and insects, and recommends Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques, including host resistance, cultivation, sanitation, and physical, mechanical, biological, and chemical approaches, for effective pest management. …”
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Field Corn Production Problems: A Diagnostic Guide by David Wright, Jim Rich

“…These factors can be in the form of insects, diseases, nematodes and weeds (biotic); or, they can be factors such as weather, nutrients, or chemicals (abiotic). …”
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My Pine Is Under Attack—What Should I Do? by Jiri Hulcr

“…FOR331/FR399: My Pine Is Under Attack—What Should I Do? A Primarily Insect-Based Decision-Support Guide for Pine Death Management (ufl.edu) …”
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Twospotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo, Harold A. Denmark

“…The idiosoma is the remainder of the body and parallels the head, thorax and abdomen of insects. After hatching from the egg, the first immature stage (larva) has three pair of legs. …”
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Screening Methods for Southern Chinch Bug Resistance in St. Augustinegrass by Huangjun Lu, Ronald Cherry

“… Relying on insecticides for southern chinch bug control raises turfgrass maintenance costs, increases the risk that insects will develop resistance to insecticides, and may damage the environment. …”
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Balios Eulophid Baeoentedon balios Wang, Huang & Polaszek (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) by Muhammad Z. Ahmed, Yisell Velazquez Hernandez, Antonio Francis, Gregory Evans, Eric Rohrig, Lance S. Osborne, Catharine Mannion

“…The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Impact of climatic change on alpine ecosystems: inference and prediction by Nigel G. Yoccoz, Anne Delestrade, Anne Loison

“…Climate can modify species phenology, such as flowering date of plants and hatching date in insects. It can also change directly population demography (survival, reproduction, dispersal), and therefore species distribution. …”
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A Bark Beetle Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood, 1836 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Yin-Tse Huang, Jiri Hulcr, Andrew J. Johnson, Andrea Lucky

“…The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. …”
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Management of Nematodes with Cowpea Cover Crops by Zane Joseph Grabau, Esteban Rios

“…If used appropriately, cover crops can improve soil structure and fertility, decrease soil erosion, provide foliage and animal feed, and suppress crop pests such as weeds, insects, nematodes, and other plant pathogens. Residues from cover crops can be incorporated as green manure to supply nutrients and improve fertility for the next crop. …”
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Twostriped Walkingstick, Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll) (Insecta: Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae) by Michael C. Thomas

“… The most common stick insect in Florida is Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll), the so-called twostriped walkingstick. …”
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The Citrus Red Mite (Panonychus citri): A Pest of Citrus Crops by Emilie Demard, Jawwad A. Qureshi

“…Although chemical sprays like Abamectin or Fenbutatin oxide provide some control of P. citri, resistance has been reported in different regions of the world. Several predatory insects and mites have been shown to attack the mite and could be potential natural enemies to use in biological control programs. …”
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Orange Spiny Whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus Quaintance (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) by Jamba Gyeltshen, Amanda Hodges, Greg S. Hodges

“…Heavy infestations of orange spiny whitefly, or other honeydew-producing insects such as scales, mealybugs, aphids, and other whitefly species, can cause sooty mold to completely cover the leaf surface and negatively affect photosynthesis. …”
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My Pine Is Under Attack—What Should I Do? by Jiri Hulcr

“…FOR331/FR399: My Pine Is Under Attack—What Should I Do? A Primarily Insect-Based Decision-Support Guide for Pine Death Management (ufl.edu) …”
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Pest Management of Peppers in Miami-Dade County, Florida by Qingren Wang, Shouan Zhang, Dakshina Seal, Teresa Olczyk

“…To assist local pepper growers in maintaining crop productivity and improving the quality of produce, this publication illustrates common pests including major diseases and insects, and recommends Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques, including host resistance, cultivation, sanitation, and physical, mechanical, biological, and chemical approaches, for effective pest management. …”
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Twospotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae) by Thomas R. Fasulo, Harold A. Denmark

“…The idiosoma is the remainder of the body and parallels the head, thorax and abdomen of insects. After hatching from the egg, the first immature stage (larva) has three pair of legs. …”
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Anopheles gambiae phagocytic hemocytes promote Plasmodium falciparum infection by regulating midgut epithelial integrity by Victor Cardoso-Jaime, George Dimopoulos

“…Abstract For successful transmission, the malaria parasite must traverse tissue epithelia and survive attack from the insect’s innate immune system. Hemocytes play a multitude of roles in mosquitoes, including defense against invading pathogens. …”
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A Bombardier Beetle Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) by Gregory Parrow, Adam Dale

“…This article describes this insects biology, development, and behavior. Also published on the Featured Creatures website at http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/Creatures/BeneFICIAL/beetles/Pheropsophus_aequinoctialis.html …”
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Aerodynamic Characteristics of the Ventilated Design for Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle by G. Q. Zhang, S. C. M. Yu

“…Inspired by superior flight performance of natural flight masters like birds and insects and based on the ventilating flaps that can be opened and closed by the changing air pressure around the wing, a new flapping wing type has been proposed. …”
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Field Corn Production Problems: A Diagnostic Guide by David Wright, Jim Rich

“…These factors can be in the form of insects, diseases, nematodes and weeds (biotic); or, they can be factors such as weather, nutrients, or chemicals (abiotic). …”
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