A Guide to Living with Wild Cats by Venetia S. Briggs, Rebecca G. Harvey, Frank J. Mazzotti, William M. Giuliano

“…This 3-page informational brochure highlights 5 species of wildcats living in the area of the study, tips for keeping livestock safe, and local contacts. …”
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Bagrada Bug, Painted Bug, Bagrada Hilaris (Burmeister) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Eric LeVeen, Amanda C. Hodges

“… The bagrada bug is a pest of concern to Florida agriculture, and there are several similar species with which it may be confused. Bagrada bugs have been detected on plant material in trucks traveling across state borders. …”
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Foraging Behavior of Odontomachus bauri on Barro Colorado Island, Panama by Birgit Ehmer, Bert Hölldobler

“…The type of prey captured by O. bauri supports the idea that in higher Odontomachus and Anochetus species, the high speed of mandible closure serves more for generating power than capturing elusive prey. …”
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Reducing Human-Bear Conflicts: Bear-Resistant Trash Cans by Ethan T. Noel, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Mike Orlando

“… The Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) is the only species of bear in Florida, with an estimated population of approximately 4,030 bears. …”
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Spotted Wing Drosophila: Pest Management Recommendations for Southeastern Blueberries by Oscar E. Liburd, Lindsy E. Iglesias

“…The spotted wing drosophila is a recently discovered invasive species native to parts of East Asia. It was first detected in the continental United States in California in 2008 and in Hillsborough County, Florida in 2009. …”
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An Introduction to Some Common and Charismatic Florida Spiders by E. C. Powell, L. A. Taylor, Samm Wehman Epstein

“…The publication provides information on species biology along with images and descriptions for spiders across 15 families. …”
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Frogs and Toads of Northern Belize by Jenna M. Cole, Sarah K. Cooke, Venetia S. Briggs-Gonzalez, Justin R. Dalaba, Frank J. Mazzotti

“… Belize is home to several threatened frog species. One of them, the Maya mountains frog, lives nowhere else in the world. …”
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Bermudagrass Stem Maggot—A New Pest in Florida by Ann Blount, Tim Wilson, Jay Ferrell, Russ Mizell, Jonael Bosques

“…The identification of the fly was the first record of this species in North America, and it has the potential to become a serious pest of bermudagrass and stargrass in Florida. …”
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A False Powder-post Beetle, Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabridius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) by Robert E. Woodruff, E. J. Gerberg, T. J. Spilman

“…Peña, and subsequent surveys indicate that the species is definitely established as a part of the Florida fauna. …”
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Insect Pest Management on Turfgrass by Eileen A. Buss, Adam G. Dale

“…The intensity of turfgrass insect management largely depends on the turf species, variety, and its intended use. This revised 20-page fact sheet describes how to manage a variety of insect pests including armyworms, bermudagrass mite, cutworms, fire ants, ground pearls, hunting billbug, mole crickets, scales/mealybugs, southern chinch bug, twolined spittlebugs, tropical sod webworm, and white grubs. …”
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Citrus peelminer Marmara gulosa Guillèn and Davis (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) by Lukasz L. Stelinski

“…Citrus peelminer has been reported to occur in low numbers in Florida and at least three Marmara species have been identified in the state. Recent evaluations of an experimental pheromone lure that is still under development by researchers at the University of California, Riverside have confirmed captures of citrus peelminer (Marmara sp.) in Polk County, Florida. …”
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Whitefringed Beetles, Naupactus (= Graphognathus) spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Wayne N. Dixon

“… Naupactus leucoloma Boheman, the whitefringed beetle, was first collected in North America near Svea, Florida in 1936 (Buchanan 1939). This species and two others (N. minor (Buchanan) and N. peregrinus (Buchanan)) comprise the whitefringed beetle complex in North America (Buchanan 1947, Warner 1975). …”
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Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae) by Yuexun Tian, Phillip E Kaufman

“…This tick has been categorized as an invasive species in Australia, New Zealand, and several Pacific Islands. …”
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Catalyst Initiation in the Oscillatory Carbonylation Reaction by Katarina Novakovic, Julie Parker

“…This paper focuses on understanding the reaction network responsible for the initial reactions of palladium(II) iodide within this oscillatory reaction. The species researched include methanol, palladium(II) iodide, potassium iodide, and carbon monoxide. …”
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The protein interactome of Escherichia coli carbohydrate metabolism. by Shomeek Chowdhury, Stephen S Fong, Peter Uetz

“…Many of these PPIs are conserved across thousands of bacteria including pathogens and microbial species. E. coli adapts to different cellular environments by adjusting the quantities of the interacting proteins (25 PPIs) in a way that the protein-enzyme interaction (PEI) is a likely mechanism to regulate its metabolism in specific environments. …”
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Chinese Mustard Cultivation Guide for Florida by Yuheng Qiu, Mary Dixon, Guodong Liu

“…Although it is considered a weed in a few states, such as Michigan, this species is not listed as invasive in Florida and has been cultivated in several counties, including Levy, Palm Beach, and Miami-Dade. …”
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Managing Southern Chinch Bug in Warm Season Turfgrasses by Eileen A. Buss, Brianna Whitman, Adam G. Dale

“…The ubiquity of this single turfgrass species makes southern chinch bug an economically important pest in the state. …”
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On the Life Cycle and Natural History of Hymenitis Nero (Lepidoptera: Ithomiinae) in Costa Rica by Allen M. Young

“…Although studies on the systematics and broad distribution patterns of that familiar New World Tropical group, the Ithomiinae, have been conducted (Seitz, 194; Fox, 1956; Fox, 1968), a lot remains to be known about the biology of many species in Central America. This is surprising in light of the considerable interest in these butterflies as members of mimicry complexes. …”
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Thrips in Florida Strawberry Crops by Jeffrey D. Cluever, Hugh A. Smith, Joe E. Funderburk, Galen Frantz

“…This 9-page fact sheet describes thrips damage, characteristics to distinguish among the three species, and methods of control. Written by Jeff D. …”
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Classical Biological Control of Air Potato in Florida by Ted D. Center, William A. Overholt

“…By 1999, it was recognized as transforming plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structure and disrupting ecological functions. …”
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