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Big-Eyed, Geocoris spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Lydaeidae)
EDIS, 2004 Big-eyed bugs are small insects (approximately 1/6 inch long) that occur in many parts of the world. They are generally regarded as beneficial because they prey upon numerous kinds of insect and mite pests of turf, ornamental and agricultural crops. Big-
Frank W. Mead
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Managing Scale Insects on Ornamental Plants
EDIS, 2016 Scale insects are a diverse group of piercing-sucking pests (Hemiptera) commonly found on ornamental plants in landscapes and nurseries. There are over 180 species of scale insects in Florida, but only a small percentage are important pests of ...
Eileen A. Buss, Adam Dale
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Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae)
EDIS, 2011 This 9-page illustrated fact sheet describes this pest whose larvae form large tents in the foliage of many ornamental trees and shrubs, and also agronomic crops — synonymy, distribution, description and life cycle, hosts, economic importance, and ...
Andrei Sourakov, Thomson Paris
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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth, Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
EDIS, 2023 The Nantucket pine tip moth, Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock), is a serious pest of young pine in plantations, wild pine seedlings in open areas, Christmas tree plantings, ornamental pines, and pine seed orchards in the United States.
Wayne N. Dixon
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Managing Thrips in Pepper and Eggplant
EDIS, 2009 Revised! ENY-658, a 10-page illustrated fact sheet by Joe Funderburk, Stuart Reitz, Phil Stansly, Dave Schuster, Greg Nuessly, and Norm Leppla, provides pepper and eggplant growers with management information for this serious pest of ornamental ...
Joe Funderburk +5 more
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Sampling Palms for Lethal Yellowing and Texas Phoenix Palm Decline Phytoplasmas
EDIS, 2018 In Florida, palms are an economically important group of trees in the nursery and landscaping industries. Phytoplasma diseases of palms are a major concern because they infect a wide variety of these valuable ornamental palms, and they are lethal.
Brian Bahder, Ericka Helmick
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Managing the marine aquarium trade: revealing the data gaps using ornamental polychaetes [PDF]
, 2012 The marine aquarium industry has great potential to generate jobs in low-income coastal communities creating incentives for the maintenance of a healthy coral reef, if effectively managed. In the absence of current monitoring or legislation to govern the
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Citrus Flatid Planthopper, Metcalfa pruinosa (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Flatidae)
EDIS, 2005 True to its name, the citrus flatid planthopper, Metcalfa pruinosa (Say), is found on citrus, but also is found on a wide variety of woody plants, many of which are used in the ornamental trade.
Frank W. Mead
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Some Small Native Freshwater Fish Recommended for Mosquito and Midge Control in Ornamental Ponds
EDIS, 2005 This publication is intended to help anyone interested in ponds or mosquito control to identify, select, collect, and stock small native fish species that would be useful in controlling mosquito populations. This document is Fact Sheet ENY-670, a series
William H. Kern, Jr.
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Oikos, EarlyView.An invasional meltdown can occur when a non‐native species facilitates the spread of another non‐native species in the invaded area, increasing its likelihood of survival or its ecological impact. Plant–pollinator systems pose an exceptional study system to test this concept, which remains poorly known.
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