Featured Creatures collection

Founded in 1996, Featured Creatures provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms. The collection is a cooperative venture of the University of Florida's Entomology and Nematology Department and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services' Division of Plant Industry. The publications on EDIS are alternate versions of pages published first on the Featured Creatures website.

Subtopics

• Featured Creatures (en espanol)

Publications

• Acaro del coco, Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Arácnidae: Acari: Eriophyidae)
• Acrobat Ant, Crematogaster ashmeadi Emery (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
• African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee, Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
• African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Air Potato Leaf Beetle (Suggested Common Name), Lilioceris cheni Gressitt and Kimoto (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae)
• Alligatorweed Flea Beetle Agasicles hygrophila Selman and Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Halticinae)
• Alligatorweed Thrips (Suggested Common Name) Amynothrips andersoni O'Neill (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)
• Amaryllis Lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus hippeastri Inserra et al., 2006 (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae)
• An Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff (1868) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Ambrosia Beetles, Platypus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Platypodidae)
• American Cockroach, Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae)
• American Dog Tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (Arachnida: Ixodida: Ixodidae)
• American Grasshopper, Schistocerca americana (Drury) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae)
• American Lady, American Painted Lady, Vanessa virginiensis (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
• American Palm Cixiid, Myndus crudus Van Duzee (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae)
• American Serpentine Leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) (Insecta: Diptera: Agromyzidae)
• American Snout, Libytheana carinenta (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae)
• Anagyrus pseudococci Girault (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
• An Antlion, Glenurus gratus (Say) (Insecta: Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)
• Apple Maggot, Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Applesnails of Florida Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae)
• Armed Spiders Phoneutria Perty (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenidae)
• Armyworm, Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Ash Whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae)
• Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Cynipidae)
• Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• An Asian Citrus Pysllid Parasitoid Tamarixia radiata (Waterston) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
• Asian Cockroach, Blattella asahinai Mizukubo (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattellidae)
• Asian Giant Hornet Vespa mandarinia Smith (1852) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
• An Asian Ground Beetle, Mochtherus tetraspilotus (MacLeay) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini)
• Asian Horntail Eriotremex formosanus (Matsumura) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Siricidae: Tremicinae)
• Asian Longhorned Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
• Asian Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes gestroi (=havilandi) (Wasmann) (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Asian Woolly Hackberry Aphid, Shivaphis celti Das (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• The Asiatic garden beetle Maladera castanea (Arrow 1913) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Aster leafminer moth Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
• Atala Butterfly, Atala Hairstreak, Coontie Hairstreak, Eumaeus atala Poey 1832 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Australian Cockroach Periplaneta australasiae Fabricius (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae)
• Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)
• Awl Nematodes, Dolichodorus spp. Cobb, 1914 (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Tylenchina: Dolichodoridae: Dolichodorinae)
• Azalea Caterpillar, Datana major Grote & Robinson (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)
• Azalea Lace Bug, Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)
• Azalea Leafminer, Caloptilia azaleella (Brants) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
• Bagrada Bug, Painted Bug, Bagrada Hilaris (Burmeister) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haworth (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Psychidae)
• Balios Eulophid Baeoentedon balios Wang, Huang & Polaszek (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
• Banana Root Borer, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Banded Cucumber Beetle, Diabrotica balteata LeConte (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Banded Net-Winged Beetle, Calopteron discrepans (Newman) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lycidae)
• A Bark Beetle Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood (1836) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Bayberry Whitefly, Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae)
• Bean Leafroller, Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Bean Plataspid: Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae)
• Bed Bug, Cimex lectularius Linneaus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae)
• Bee Killers, Mallophora bomboides (Wiedemann), Mallophora orcina (Wiedemann), and Malophora nigra Williston (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)
• Bee Louse, Bee Fly, Braulid, Braula coeca Nitzsch (Insecta: Diptera: Braulidae)
• Beet Armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Bigeyed Bugs, Geocoris spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Geocoridae)
• Bigheaded Ant, Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
• Biting Midges, No-See-Ums Culicoides spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
• Black Carpet Beetle, Attagenus unicolor (Brahm) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Black Cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Black Flies, Simulium spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Simuliidae)
• Black Larder Beetle, Incinerator Beetle, Dermestes ater DeGeer (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Black salt marsh mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Black Scale Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)
• Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens Linnaeus (Insecta: Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
• Black Stink Bug Proxys punctulatus (Palisot) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Black-Tailed Mosquito Culiseta melanura (Coquillett) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Black Thread Scale, Ischnaspis longirostris (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Black Twig Borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae
• Black and yellow lichen moth (suggested common name) Lycomorpha pholus (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
• Blacklegged Tick or Deer Tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
• Blister Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Meloidae)
• Blue Morpho Butterfly Morpho peleides Kollar (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
• Blue Orchard Bee, Osmia lignaria Say (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
• Blueberry Bud Mite, Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer) (Arachnida: Acari: Eriophyidae)
• Blueberry Gall Midge, Dasineura oxycoccana (Johnson) (Insecta: Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
• Blueberry Maggot, Rhagoletis mendax Curran
• Bluegrass Billbug Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae)
• Brazilian Red-Eyed Fly Ormia depleta (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tachinidae)
• Boisduval Scale, Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Brazilian Peppertree Seed Chalcid, (unofficial common name) Megastigmus transvaalensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae)
• Brazilian Peppertree Thrips Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)
• Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae)
• Broad-Tipped Conehead Katydid (suggested common name) Neoconocephalus triops (Linnaeus, 1758) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae)
• Bromeliad Pod Borer, Epimorius testaceellus Ragonot (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Brown Citrus Aphid Parasitoid, Lipolexis scutellaris Mackauer (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae)
• Brown Citrus Aphid, Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Brown Dog Tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus Latreille (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
• Brown Garden Snail, Cornu aspersum (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda: Helicidae)
• Brown Lacewings (of Florida) (Insecta: Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae)
• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Brown Recluse Spider, Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae)
• Brown Stink Bug Euschistus servus (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Buck moth Hemileuca maia (Drury)
• The Bumble Bees of Florida, Bombus spp.
• Bumelia Webworm Urodus parvula (Edwards 1881) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Urodidae)
• Burrowing Nematode, Radopholus similis (Cobb 1893) Thorne (1949) (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae: Pratylenchinae)
• Cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae Linnaeus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Cabbage Looper, Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Cabbage Palm Caterpillar Litoprosopus futilis (Grote & Robinson) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Eulepidotinae)
• Cactus Bug, Chelinidea vittiger aequoris McAtee (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Cactus Weevils, Gerstaeckeria hubbardi (LeConte) and Gerstaeckeria fasciata Pierce (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Cape Honey Bee Apis mellifera capensis Escholtz (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
• Cardin's Whitefly, Metaleurodicus cardini (Back) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleurodicinae)
• Caribbean Fruit Fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Carolina satyr Hermeuptychia sosybius (Fabricius, 1793) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Satyrini: Euptychiina)
• Cassius Blue, Tropical Striped Blue Leptotes cassius (Cramer) (Instecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae)
• Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché)
• Cattail Mosquito (suggested common name) Coquillettidia perturbans (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae: Culicinae: Mansoniini)
• Cecropia Moth, Cecropia Silk Moth, Robin Moth, Hyalophora cecropia Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae: Attacini)
• Ceraunus Blue Butterfly, Hemiargus ceraunus (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Cheese (or Ham) Skipper, Piophila casei (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Piophilidae)
• Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Chicken Mite (Other Common Names: Poultry Red Mite, Roost Mite) Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer) (Arachnida: Acari: Dermanyssidae)
• Chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Cicadas (of Florida), Neocicada hieroglyphica (Say), Tibicen, Diceroprocta and Cicadetta spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae)
• Cicada Killer, Giant Ground Hornet, Sphecius hogardii (Latreille) and Sphecius speciosus (Drury) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
• Cigarette Beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (F.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
• Citrus Blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• A Citrus Blackfly Parasitoid, Amitus hesperidum Silvestri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
• A Citrus Blackfly Parasitoid, Encarsia perplexa Huang and Polaszek (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
• Citrus Flatid Planthopper, Metcalfa pruinosa (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Flatidae)
• Citrus Leafminer Parasitoid, Ageniaspis citricola Logvinovskaya (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
• Citrus Leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Phyllocnistinae)
• Citrus Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Citrus Mealybug Planococcus citri (Risso) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Citrus Peelminer Marmara gulosa Guillèn and Davis (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae)
• Citrus Rust Mite Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead) (Arachnida: Acari: Eriophyidae)
• Citrus Snow Scale Unaspis citri (Comstock) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)
• Citrus Whitefly, Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• A Citrus Whitefly Parasitoid, Encarsia lahorensis (Howard) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
• El Cixíido Americano de las palmas, Myndus crudus Van Duzee (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoroidea: Cixiidae)
• Clavate Tortoise Beetle, Plagiometriona clavata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Click Beetles, Alausspp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Coliadinae)
• Cloudywinged Whitefly, Dialeurodes citrifolii (Morgan) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae)
• Clover Mite Bryobia praetiosa Koch
• A Cockroach Egg Parasitoid, Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)
• Coconut Mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• A Coconut Mite, Aceria guerreronis Keifer (Arachnida: Acari: Eriophyidae)
• Coconut mite, Aceria guerreronis (Keifer)
• Coconut Scale Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• A Colonial Tentweb Orbweaver scientific name: Cyrtophora citricola (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
• Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), and False Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Common Blossom Thrips, Frankliniella schultzei Trybom (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Common Buckeye, Junonia coenia Hübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
• Common Carpet Beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Common Cattle Grub, Hypoderma lineatum (Villers) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae)
• Common Green Bottle Fly or Sheep Blow Fly Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)
• The Common House Spider, Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch) (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae)
• Common Malaria Mosquito Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Mourning Cloak (known in the United Kingdom as the Camberwell Beauty) Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
• Compact Carpenter Ant (proposed common name),Camponotus planatus (Roger) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Composite Thrips, Microcephalothrips abdominalis (Crawford, 1910) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Conehead Termite Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) (Insecta: Blattodea: Termitidae: Nasutitermitinae)
• Confused Flour Beetle, Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
• Convergent Lady Beetle Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
• Coreid Bug, Leaf-Footed Bug, Euthochtha galeator (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Coriander Aphid, Hyadaphis coriandri (Das) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Corn Earworm, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Corn wireworm Melanotus communis Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• Cornsilk Fly (suggested common name), Euxesta stigmatias Loew (Insecta: Diptera: Otitidae)
• Cotton Stainer, Dysdercus suturellus (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae)
• Cottonwood Leaf Beetle Chrysomela scripta Fabricius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomela)
• Cottony Cushion Scale, Icerya purchasi Maskell (Insecta: Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
• Cowpea Curculio, Chalcodermus aeneus Boheman (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Crab Louse, Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Phthiraptera (Anoplura): Pediculidae)
• Crabhole Mosquito, Deinocerites cancer Theobald (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Crapemyrtle Aphid, Tinocallis kahawaluokalani (Kirkaldy) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Crapemyrtle Bark Scale Acanthococcus (=Eriococcus) lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Eriococcidae)
• Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille), (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Cribellate Spider, Metaltella simoni (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Araneae: Amphinectidae)
• Cuban Subterranean Termite (proposed), Florida Dampwood Termite (old unofficial name), Prorhinotermes simplex (Hagen) (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• Cucumeris Mite (Suggested Common Name) Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans) (Arachnida: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)
• Cycad Aulacaspis Scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae)
• Cyclamen Mite, Phytonemus pallidus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae)
• Cypress Looper Anacamptodes pergracilis (Hulst) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
• Cypress Twig Gall Midge, Taxodiomyia cupressiananassa (Osten Sacken) (Insecta: Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
• Cypress Weevil, Eudociminus mannerheimii (Boheman) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Dagger Nematode Xiphinema spp. (Cobb, 1913) Inglis, 1983 (Nematoda: Enoplea: Dorylaimia: Dorylaimina: Xiphinematinae)
• Dark Rice Field Mosquito (suggested common name) Psorophora columbiae (Dyar & Knab) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Dark Rover Ant: Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr
• Dark Southern Drywood Termite (suggested common name) Kalotermes approximatus Snyder (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
• Darkwinged Fungus Gnats, Bradysia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Sciaridae)
• Delta Flower Beetle Trigonopeltastes delta (Forster 1771) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae : Cetoniinae : Tribe, Trichiini)
• Pepper Weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano and Cuban Pepper Weevil, Faustinus cubae (Boheman) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)
• Diaprepes Root Weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Dimorphic Jumper Maevia inclemens (Walckenaer 1837) (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae)
• Dingy Purplewing Butterfly, Eunica monima (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae)
• Dog Flea Ctenocephalides canis (Curtis) (Insecta: Siphonaptera: Pulicidae)
• Dogwood Borer, Synanthedon scitula(Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
• Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
• Drain Fly Psychoda spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae)
• Drone Fly, Rat-Tailed Maggot Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae)
• Drugstore Beetle, Stegobium paniceum (L.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Anobiidae)
• Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes cavifrons Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
• Earthworm, suborder Crassiclitellata, cohort Terrimegadrili (Jamieson 1988)
• Eastern Black Swallowtail: Papilio polyxenes asterius (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose, Triatoma sanguisuga (LeConte) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)
• Eastern Comma, Hop Merchant, Comma Anglewing, Polygonia comma (Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
• Eastern Dobsonfly (Adult), Hellgrammite (Larva) Corydalus cornutus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Corydalinae)
• Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Beauvois) (=guttata (Houttuyn)) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acrididae)
• Eastern Pigmy Blue, Brephidium isophthalma pseudofoea (Morrison) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Ebony Jewelwing, Black-Winged Damselfly (suggested common names) Calopteryx maculata (Beauvois, 1807) (Insecta: Odonata: Calopterygidae)
• Edwards Wasp Moth, Lymire edwardsii (Grote) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Ctenuchinae)
• Slender Twig Ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae)
• Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
• Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Nematoda: Rhabditida: families Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae)
• Entomopathogenic Nematodes of Thrips Thripinema spp. (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Allantonematidae)
• Eriophyid Mite Vector of Rose Rosette Disease (RRD) Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer (Arachnida: Acari: Eriophyidae)
• Erythrina Leafminer (suggested common name), Leucoptera erythrinella Busck, 1900 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)
• Erythrina moths Terastia meticulosalis Guenée and Agathodes designalis Guenée
• La Escama Lobada de Laca, Paratachardina pseudolobata Kondo & Gullan (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae)
• Eucalyptus Psyllid, Blastopsylla occidentalis Taylor and Red Gum Lerp Psyllid, Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• European Corn Borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• European Earwig Forficula auricularia Linnaeus (Insecta: Dermaptera: Forficulidae)
• European Fire Ant, Red Ant (suggested common names), Myrmica rubra Linnaeus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
• European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Linnaeus and subspecies (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
• European Pepper Moth or Southern European Marsh Pyralid Duponchelia fovealis (Zeller)
• European Wool Carder Bee, Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
• Eye Gnats, Grass Flies, Eye Flies, Frit Flies Liohippelates spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Chloropidae)
• Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Fall Webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae)
• False Blister Beetles, (Insecta: Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
• False Chinch Bug Nysius raphanus Howard (Insecta: Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)
• False-Mastic Psylla, Ceropsylla sideroxyli Riley (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• False Oleander Scale, Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)
• A False Powder-post Beetle, Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabridius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)
• A False Spider Mite, Brevipalpus californicus (Banks) (Archnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
• Featherwing Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)
• Fiddlewood Leafroller, Seagrape Moth (suggested common names) Epicorsia oedipodalis (Guenée, 1854) (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae: Pyraustinae)
• Field Crickets, Gryllus spp. (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• Fiery Searcher, Caterpillar Hunter Calosoma scrutator (Fabricius 1775) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)
• Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Fig Wax Scale, Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)
• Fire Ant Decapitating Flies Pseudacteon spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae)
• Flatid Planthopper, Oormenaria rufifascia (Walker) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae)
• Flea Beetles of the Genus Altica: Altica spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• A Flesh Fly Sarcophaga crassipalpis Macquart (Insecta: Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
• Florida Bromeliad Weevil (suggested common name), Metamasius mosieri Barber (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Florida Carpenter Ant, Bull Ant, Tortugas Carpenter Ant,Camponotus floridanus (Buckley) and Camponotus tortuganus (Emery) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Subfamily ormicinae: Tribe Camponotini)
• Florida Dampwood Termites, Neotermes castaneus (Burmeister), Neotermes jouteli (Banks), and Neotermes luykxi Nickle and Collins (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
• Florida Darkwinged Subterranean Termite, Amitermes floridensis Scheffrahn, Su, and Mangold (Insecta: Isoptera: Termitidae: Termitinae)
• Florida Flower Thrips (suggested common name) Frankliniella bispinosa Morgan (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Florida Harvester Ant
• Florida Predatory Stink Bug (unofficial common name), Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Florida Scorpionfly, Panorpa floridana Byers (Insecta: Mecoptera: Panorpidae)
• The Florida SLE Mosquito, Culex (Culex) nigripalpus Theobald (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Florida Wax Scale, Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock
• Florida Woods Cockroach Eurycotis floridana (Walker)
• A Flower Beetle, Euphoria sepulcralis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Flower Thrips, Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Foliar Nematode Aphelenchoides spp. (Nematoda: Aphelenchida: Aphelenchoididae)
• Forest Tent Caterpillar, Malacosoma disstria Hübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
• Forked Fungus Beetle (suggested common name) Bolitotherus cornutus (Panzer) 1794 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
• Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• Fourlined Plant Bug Poecilocapsus lineatus (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae)
• Fuller Rose Beetle, Naupactus godmanni (Crotch) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Furniture Carpet Beetle, Anthrenus flavipes (LeConte) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Gall Wasps, Callirhytis quercusclaviger (Ashmead) and Callirhytis cornigera (Osten Sacken) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
• Garden Fleahopper, Microtechnites bractatus (Say) (Hemiptera: Miridae)
• German Cockroach, Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattellidae)
• Ghost Ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Giant Bark Aphid, Longistigma caryae (Harris) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Giant Burrowing Mayfly (suggested common name) Hexagenia limbata (Serville 1829) (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Ephemeroidea: Ephemeridae)
• Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata Fabricius (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
• Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis (Smith) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
• Giant Swallowtail, Orangedog, Papilio cresphontes Cramer (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• Giant Sweetpotato Bug, Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Giant Water Bugs, Electric Light Bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)
• Giant Whip Scorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida (=Uropygi): Thelyphonidae)
• Giant Woolly Bear (larva), Giant or Great Leopard Moth (adult) Hypercompe scribonia (Stoll 1790) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
• Gladiolus Thrips, Thrips simplex (Morison) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (=coagulata) (Germar) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
• Glow-Worms, Railroad-Worms (Insecta: Coleoptera: Phengodidae)
• Goatweed Butterfly, Goatweed Emperor, Goatweed Leafwing Anaea andria Scudder (1875) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae)
• Golden Silk Spider, Trichonephila clavipes (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae)
• Golden Tortoise Beetle, Charidotella (=Metriona) bicolor (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Granulate Ambrosia Beetle Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Granulate Cutworm, Feltia subterranea (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Grape Leaffolder, Desmia funeralis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Grapeleaf Skeletonizer, Harrisina americana (Guerin-Meneville) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae)
• Grass Carp, the White Amur: Ctenopharyngodon idella Cuvier and Valenciennes (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae: Squaliobarbinae)
• Grass-Like Mantid, American Grass Mantid, Thesprotia graminis, (Scudder, 1878) (Insecta: Mantodea: Thespidae)
• Grass Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne graminis Whitehead, 1968 (Nematode: Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae)
• Grasshopper Nematode: Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842
• Great Purple Hairstreak; Great Blue Hairstreak, Atlides halesus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Green lacewings (of Florida) (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
• Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans (Hentz) (Arachnida: Araneae: Oxyopidae)
• Green Orchid Bee Euglossa dilemma Friese (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
• Green Peach Aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Green Scale, Coccus viridis (Green) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccidae)
• Green Stink Bug, Chinavia hilaris (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Greenhouse Thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouche) Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• A Ground Beetle, Calleida decora (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)
• Ground Pearls, Margarodes spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
• Guava Fruit Fly, Anastrepha striata Schiner (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Guava Fruit Fly, Bactrocera correcta (Bezzi) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Gulf Coast Tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Acari: Ixodidae: Amblyomminae)
• Gulf Fritillary Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
• Gulf wireworm, Conoderus amplicollis (Gyllenhal) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• El Gusano Tejedor de la Caoba, Macalla thyrsisalis Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae)
• Habronattus Jumping Spiders Habronattus (Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae)
• Hackberry Emperor, Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & Leconte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Apaturinae)
• Hackberry Petiole Gall Psyllid, Pachypsylla venusta (Osten-Saken)
• Hairy Maggot Blow Fly, Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)
• Hairy Rove Beetle Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
• Halloween Pennant Dragonfly Celithemis eponina Drury (Odonata: Libellulidae)
• Harlequin Bug, Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Harvester Butterfly, Feniseca tarquinius (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Melitinae)
• Hawthorn Lace Bug, Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)
• Heliconia Bug Leptoscelis tricolor Westwood
• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Adelges tsugae (Annand 1928) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Adelgidae)
• Hercules Beetle Dynastes hercules (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Hickory Horned Devil (Larva), Regal Moth or Royal Walnut Moth (Adult), Citheronia regalis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae)
• Hide beetle Dermestes maculatus DeGeer
• Hieroglyphic Moth, Diphthera festiva (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• A Hister Beetle Carcinops pumilio (Erichson) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Histeridae: Dendrophilinae: Paromalini)
• Honey Bee Tracheal Mite, Acarapis woodi (Rennie) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae)
• Horn Fly Haematobia irritans irritans (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Muscidae)
• Horned passalus, Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Passalidae: Passalinae)
• Horsehair Worms, Hairworms, Gordian Worms, Nematomorphs, Gordius spp. (Nematomorpha: Gordioidea)
• House Cricket, Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• House Dust Mites, Dermatophagoides spp. (Arachnida: Acari: Pyroglyphididae)
• House fly, Musca domestica Linnaeus (Insecta: Diptera: Muscidae)
• Household Casebearer, Phereoeca uterella (=dubitatrix) Walsingham (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tineidae)
• A Hover Fly, Allograpta obliqua (Say) (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae)
• Human Bot Fly, Torsalo (Central America), Moyocuil (Mexico), Berne (Brasil), Mucha (Colombia, Mirunta (Peru), and Ura (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus, Jr.) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae)
• Human Lice: Body Louse, Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus and Head Louse, Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer (Insecta: Phthiraptera (=Anoplura): Pediculidae)
• Hunting Billbug, Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Hydrellia Fly Parasitic wasp Trichopria columbiana Ashmead (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Diapriidae)
• Hydrilla Leaf Mining Flies (unofficial common name) Hydrellia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Ephydridae)
• Hydrilla Leafcutter Moth (unofficial common name) Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Hydrilla Stem Weevil Bagous hydrillae O'Brien
• Hydrilla Tip Mining Midge: Cricotopus lebetis Sublette (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae)
• Hydrilla Tuber Weevil Bagous affinis Hustache (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Hypogeococcus pungens Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), a Mealybug
• Illustrated Key to the Genera of Free-Living Marine Nematodes in the Superfamily Chromadoroides—Exclusive of the Chromadoridae
• Imperial Moth Eacles imperialis imperialis (Drury, 1773) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Ceratocampinae)
• Imported Cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
• Indianmeal Moth, Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Insidious Flower Bug, Minute Pirate Bug Orius insidiosus Say (Insecta: Hemiptera: Anthocoridae)
• Io Moth Automeris io (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
• Ips Engraver Beetles, Ips spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Jamaican Field Cricket, Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Japanese Orange Fly, Bactrocera tsuneonis (Miyake) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Jumping Gall Wasp, California Jumping Gall Wasp, Jumping Oak Gall, Flea Seeds Neuroterus saltatorius Edwards (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
• Jumping Spiders, Gray Wall Jumper, and Pantropical Jumper Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour) and Plexippus paykulli (Audouin) (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae)
• Khapra Beetle, Trogoderma granarium Everts (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Ladybird Beetles Recent Immigrants to Florida (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
• Ladybirds, Ladybird beetles, Lady Beetles, Ladybugs of Florida, Coleoptera: Coccinellidae
• Lance Nematode, Hoplolaimus galeatus (Cobb, 1913) Thorne, 1935 (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Tylenchoidea: Hoplolaimidae)
• Land Planarians, Bipalium kewense Moseley and Dolichoplana striata Moseley (Tricladida: Terricola)
• Lantana Lace Bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)
• Large Carpenter Bees, Xylocopa spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)
• Larger Canna Leafroller, Calpodes ethlius (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Larger Elm Leaf Beetle, Monocesta coryli (Say) (Insecta: Coleoptea: Chrysomelidae)
• Larra Wasps, Mole Cricket Hunters (suggested names) Larra analis Fabricius and Larra bicolor Fabricius (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
• Laurelcherry Smoky Moth, Neoprocris floridana Tarmann 1984 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Zygaenidae: Procridinae)
• Leafcutting Bees, Megachilidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Megachilinae)
• Leaffooted Bug, Leptoglossus phyllopus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Leaf-Gall Thrips of Ficus Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) and Gynaikothrips uzeli (Zimmerman) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)
• Leafminer Parasitoid Opius dissitus Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• Leaf-Rolling Weevil, Homoeolabus analis (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Attelabidae: Attelabinae) and Thief Weevil, Pterocolus ovatus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae: Pterocolinae)
• Lesser Canna Leafroller, Geshna cannalis (Quaintance) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Lesser Cornstalk Borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Lesser Mealworm, Litter Beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
• Lesser Wax Moth Achroia grisella Fabricius (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Libellule et Demoisells (Insecta: Ordre des Odonates)
• Libélulas y Caballitos del Diablo (Insecta: Odonata)
• Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
• Ligustrum Weevil (suggested common name), Ochyromera ligustri Warner (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Tychiinae: Tychiini: Endaeina)
• Lime Swallowtail Papilio demoleus Linnaeus (Insecta: Lipidoptera: Papilionidae)
• Little Blue Cattle Louse Solenopotes capillatus (Enderlein) (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura: Linognathidae)
• Little Fire Ant, Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Little Leaf Notcher (suggested common name) Artipus floridanus Horn (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Little Metalmark, Calephelis virginiensis (Guérin-Ménéville) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
• Lively Cuckoo Bee (suggested common name) Nomada fervida Smith (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
• Lobate Lac Scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae)
• Lone Star Tick Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus) (Acari: Ixodidae)
• Longtailed Mealybug Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Lovebug Plecia nearctica Hardy (Insecta: Diptera: Bibionidae)
• Luna Moth, Actias (=Tropaea) luna (Linneaus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae)
• Madagascar Beetle, Leichenum canaliculatum variegatum (King) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
• Mahogany Shoot Borer, Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
• Mahogany Webworm, Macalla thyrsisalis Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschilinae)
• Mango Fruit Fly, Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Mango Seed Weevil, Sternochetus mangiferae (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Marsh Rams-Horn, Marsh Ramshorn Helisoma (Planorbella) trivolvis (Say) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)
• Mason Wasps of Florida, Zethus spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
• A Mealybug Phenacoccus multicerarii Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Mealybug Vryburgia trionymoides (DeLotto) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Melaleuca Gall Midge (suggested common name) Lophodiplosis trifida Gagné (Insecta: Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Cecidomyiinae: Cecidomyiini)
• Melaleuca Snout Beetle, Melaleuca Weevil (unofficial common names), Oxyops vitiosa (Pascoe) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Melon Aphid or Cotton Aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Melon Fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Melon Thrips, Thrips palmi Karny (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Melonworm, Diaphania hyalinata Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Mexican Bean Beetle (suggested common name), Epilachna varivestis Mulsant (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
• Mexican Bromeliad Weevil (suggested common name), Metamasius callizona (Chevrolat) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Mexican Fruit Fly, Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• The Mexican Lac Scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae)
• Mexican Redrump Tarantula, Brachypelma vagans (Ausserer) (Arachnida: Araneae: Theraphosidae)
• Miami Blue, Cyclargus thomasi bethunbakeri (Comstock & Huntington) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Milkweed Assassin Bug (Suggested Common Name) Zelus longipes Linnaeus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
• Miner Bee, Chimney Bee Anthophora abrupta Say
• Mole Cricket Nematode, Steinernema scapterisci Nguyen & Smart (Nematoda: Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)
• Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Danainae)
• A Mosquito Culex (Melanoconion) iolambdis Dyar (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• A Mosquito Culex (Melanoconion) pilosus (Dyar and Knab) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• A Mosquito Psorophora ciliata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• A Mosquito Psorophora ferox (Humboldt 1819) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
• Myakka Bug, Ischnodemus variegatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Blissidae)
• Nantucket Pine Tip Moth, Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
• Native Subterranean Termites: Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks), Reticulitermes hageni Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• Neotropical Deer Ked or Neotropical Deer Louse Fly, Lipoptena mazamae Rondani (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae)
• Northern Red-Oak Kermes (suggested common names), Allokermes kingii (Cockerell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae)
• Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae)
• Oblong-Winged Katydid (suggested common name) Amblycorypha oblongifolia (De Geer, 1773) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)
• Oleander Aphid, Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Oleander Caterpillar, Syntomeida epilais Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Olive Fruit Fly Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Olive Shootworm, Palpita persimilis Munroe (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Orange Spiny Whitefly, Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Orb Weavers, Neoscona crucifera (Lucas 1839) and Neoscona domiciliorun (Hentz) (Arachnidae: Araneae: Araneidae)
• Orchard Orbweaver, Orchard Spider Leucauge argyrobapta (White), Leucauge venusta(Walckenaer) (Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae)
• Oriental Cockroach, Blatta orientalis Linnaeus (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattidae)
• Oriental Fruit Fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• An Oriental Wood Borer, Heterobostrychus aequalis (Waterhouse) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)
• Ornate Bella Moth, Rattlebox Moths Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
• Palamedes Swallowtail, Laurel Swallowtail, Papilio palamedes (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• Pale Damsel Bug Nabis capsiformis Germar (Insecta: Hemiptera: Nabidae)
• Palm Aphid Cerataphis brasiliensis (Hempel) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphidae: Hormaphidinae)
• Palmetto Scale Comstockiella sabalis Comstock
• Palmetto Tortoise Beetle, Florida Tortoise Beetle (unofficial common names), Hemisphaerota cyanea (Say), (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
• Palmetto Weevil, Rhynchophorus cruentatus Fabricius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Pantropical Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae)
• Papaya Fruit Fly (suggested common name), Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Paper Wasp, Red Wasp (Suggested Common Names) Polistes carolina (L.) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
• Parasitoid of the Citrus Leafminer, Cirrospilus ingenuus Gahan (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
• Parasitoid of the Citrus Leafminer, Semielacher petiolatus (Girault) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).
• A Parasitoid Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
• A Parasitoid Wasp Cotesia congregata (Say) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• A Parasitoid Wasp, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• Parasitoids of Dipteran leafminers, Diglyphus spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
• Pasteuria penetrans (Bacilli: Bacillales: Pasteuriaceae)
• Pavement ant Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Peachtree Borer, Synanthedon exitiosa (Say) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sesiide)
• Pepper Fruit Fly Atherigona orientalis (Schiner) (Insecta: Diptera: Muscidae)
• Pepper Weevil, Anthonomus eugenii Cano and Cuban Pepper Weevil, Faustinus cubae (Boheman). (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Phalaenopsis Mite, Tenuipalpus pacificus Baker (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
• Phaon Crescent, Mat Plant Crescent, Phyciodes phaon (Edwards) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
• Pharaoh Ant, Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Pickleworm, Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Pigeon Louse Fly or Pigeon Fly, Pseudolychia canariensis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae)
• Pillbug, Roly-Poly, Woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille) (Malacostraca: Isopoda: Armadillidiidae)
• Pine Sawflies, Neodiprion spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Diprionidae)
• Pine Shoot Beetle, Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Pine Webworm, Pococera robustella (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Pineapple Mealybug, Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Pink Hibiscus Mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutu (Green)
• Pipevine Swallowtail, Blue Swallowtail Battus philenor (Linnaeus 1771) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Papilioninae: Troidini)
• Pleasing Fungus Beetles, Pseudischyrus, Tritoma, Megalodacne, Ischyrus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Erotylidae)
• Podocarpus Aphid (suggested common name) Neophyllaphis podocarpi Takahashi (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Poinsettia Thrips, Impatiens Thrips (suggested common names) Echinothrips americanus Morgan (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Polydamas Swallowtail, Gold Rim, Tailless Swallowtail, Battus polydamas lucayus (Rothschild & Jordan) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Troidini)
• Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Saturniinae)
• Potato Tuberworm Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
• Potter Wasps of Florida, Eumenes spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
• Predatory Gall Midge (Unofficial Common Name), Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot) (Insecta: Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
• Predatory Mite, Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor) (Arachnida: Acari: Phytoseiidae)
• Predatory Stink Bug, Alcaeorrhynchus grandis (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Predatory Stink Bug, Stiretrus anchorago (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Primary Screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)
• Primitive Weevils of Florida (Insecta: Coleoptera: Brentidae: Brentinae)
• Proturans Protura spp. (Entognatha: Protura)
• Psílido, Boreioglycaspis melaleucae Moore (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• A Psyllid, Boreioglycaspis melaleucae Moore (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• Pure Gold-Green Sweat Bee Augochlora pura (Say 1837) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictinae)
• Puss Caterpillar (Larva), Southern Flannel Moth (Adult), Megalopyge opercularis (J. E. Smith 1797) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Megalopygidae)
• Queensland Fruit Fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Question Mark Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
• Rat Lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Strongylida: Metastrongylida)
• Red admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria (Fruhstorfer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
• Red-Banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops (Fabricius 1793) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Redbanded Thrips, Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard) (Insects: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Red Bay Psyllid, Trioza magnoliae (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae)
• Red and Black Flat Mite, A False Spider Mite, Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
• Red Date Scale, Phoenicococcus marlatti (Cockerell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Phoenicoccidae)
• Redheaded Pine Sawfly Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch)
• Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
• Red Palm Mite, Raoiella indica Hirst (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
• Red Ring Nematode, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (Cobb) Baujard (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Aphelenchina: Aphelenchoidea: Bursaphelechina) formerly Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilus
• Red-Spotted Purple Limenitis (=Basilarchia) arthemis astyanax (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae)
• Red-Tailed Flesh Fly, Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis (Fallén) (Insecta: Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
• Redbanded Stink Bug, Red-Banded Stink Bug, Smaller Green Stink Bug (suggested common names) Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Regal Jumping Spider, Phidippus regius C. L. Koch (Arachnida: Salticidae)
• Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford and Oliveira (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Tylenchoidea: Hoplolaimidae: Rotylenchulinae)
• Rice Beetle, Dyscinetus morator (Fabricus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Rice Bug (suggested common name) Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Alydidae)
• Ringlegged Earwig, Euborellia annulipes (Lucas) (Insecta: Dermaptera: Anisolabididae)
• Robber Flies, Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)
• Robust Crazy Ant (suggested common name) Nylanderia bourbonica (Forel) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)
• Rosemary Grasshopper Schistocerca ceratiola Hubell and Walker
• Rove Beetles of Florida, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
• Rove Beetles of the World, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
• Royal Palm Bug, Xylastodoris luteolus Barber (Insecta: Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)
• Rugose Spiraling Whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Rustic Sphinx Manduca rustica (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
• Rusty Spider Wasp (suggested common name) Tachypompilus ferrugineus (Say) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pompilinae)
• Saddleback Caterpillar Acharia stimulea (Clemens) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
• Saltmarsh Caterpillar, Estigmene acrea (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Salvinia Weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae (Calder & Sands) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Sand Field Cricket, Gryllus firmus Scudder (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• A Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz and Neiva) (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
• A Sand Fly, Lutzomyia shannoni Dyar (Insecta: Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotomine)
• Sap Beetles (of Florida), Nitidulidae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
• Sapote Fruit Fly, Serpentine Fruit Fly, Anastrepha serpentina (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth, Cosmosoma myrodora (Dyar) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Scentless Plant Bugs, Jadera sp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Rhopalidae)
• Schaus Swallowtail, Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus (Schaus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• Schoepfia Fruit Fly, Anastrepha interrupta Stone (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Scoliid Wasps of Florida, Campsomeris, Scolia and Trielis spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae)
• Seagrape Borer, Hexeris enhydris Grote (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Thyrididae)
• Secondary Screwworm,Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Calliphoridae)
• Seedcorn maggot, Delia platura (Meigen) (Insecta: Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
• Sharpshooters, Leafhoppers, Cicadellidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)
• Sheep Bot Fly Oestrus ovis Linnaeus (1761) (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae)
• A Shoemaker Butterfly Prepona laertes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
• Shortwinged Mole Cricket, Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus (Scudder); Southern Mole Cricket, Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos); and Tawny Mole Cricket, Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae)
• Silky Cane Weevil, Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Silver-Spotted Skipper Epargyreus clarus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperidae: Pyrginae)
• Silverfish Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae)
• Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)
• Small Carpenter Bees, Ceratina spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)
• Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Insecta: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
• Snail-Eating Snails of Florida, Gastropoda
• Soil-Inhabiting Nematodes, Phylum Nematoda
• Solanum Whitefly, Pepper Whitefly (Suggested Common Names) Aleurotrachelus trachoides Back (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae)
• South American Fruit Fly (suggested common name) Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Southeastern Field Cricket, Gryllus rubens Scudder (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• Southern Armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Southern Black Widow Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius) (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae)
• Southern Cabbageworm (larva), Checkered White (adult) Pontia (=Pieris) protodice (Biosduval & Leconte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pierinae)
• Southern Chinch Bug, Blissus insularis Barber (Insecta: Hemiptera: Blissidae)
• Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Southern House Mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say
• Southern House Spider, Kukulcania hibernalis (Hentz) (Arachnida: Araneae: Filistatidae)
• Southern Lyctus Beetle, Lyctus planicollis LeConte (Insecta: Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Lyctinae)
• Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Southern Pine Coneworm, Dioryctria amatella (Hulst) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Southern Red Mite, Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor) (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae)
• Southern Wood Cricket, Gryllus fultoni (Alexander) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• Soybean Looper Chrysodeixis includens (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio (Pterourus) troilus Linnaeus 1758 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae: Papilioninae)
• Spined Soldier Bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Spiny Orb Weaver Spider, Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
• Spiral Nematode Helicotylenchus spp. (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae)
• Spotted Cucumber Beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma delicatula (White) (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae)
• Spotted Oleander Caterpillar Moth, Empyreuma pugione (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Erebidae)
• Spotted Wing Drosophila Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Insecta: Diptera: Drosophilidae)
• Squash Bug, Anasa tristis (DeGeer) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Squash Vine Borer Melittia cucurbitae (Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
• Sri Lankan weevil Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall
• Stable Fly Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) (Insecta: Diptera: Muscidae)
• Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Tylenchina: Belonolaimidae: Belonolaiminae)
• A Stink Bug Euschistus quadrator Rolston (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• A Stored Products Pest, Oryzaephilus acuminatus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Silvanidae)
• Strawberry Leafroller Ancylis comptana (Frölich) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
• Striped Blister Beetle, Epicauta vittata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
• Striped Cucumber Beetle Acalymma vittatum F. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Striped Lynx Spider Oxyopes salticus (Hentz 1845) (Arachnida: Araneae: Oxyopidae)
• Striped Mealybug Ferrisia virgata Cockerell (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Stubby-Root Nematode, Nanidorus minor (Colbran) Siddiqi (syn. Paratrichodorus minor, P. christiei, Trichodorus minor, T. christiei) (Nematoda: Adenophorea: Triplonchida: Diphtherophorina: Trichodoridea: Trichodoridae)
• Stubby-Root Nematode, Trichodorus obtusus Cobb (syn T. proximus) (Nematoda: Adenophorea: Triplonchida: Diphtherophorina: Trichodoridea: Trichodoridae)
• Sugarcane Borer, Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Sugarcane Grub, Tomarus subtropicus Blatchley (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Sugarcane Lace Bug, Leptodictya tabida
• Sweat Bees, Halictid Bees, Halictidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
• Sweetpotato Weevil, Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Brentidae)
• Sweetpotato Whitefly B Biotype, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Swirski Mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Arachnida: Mesostigmata: Phytoseiidae)
• Sycamore Lace Bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)
• Taciturn Wood Cricket, Gryllus ovisopis (T. Walker) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• El taladrador de las meliáceas, Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
• El taladrador de la uva de mar, Hexeris enhydris Grote (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Thyrididae)
• Tarnished Plant Bug, Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Miridae)
• Tawny Crazy Ant (previously known as Caribbean crazy ant) Nylanderia (formerly Paratrechina) fulva (Mayr) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)
• Tawny Emperor Butterfly Asterocampa clyton (Boisduval & LeConte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Apaturinae)
• Terrestrial Amphipods or Lawn Shrimp (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae)
• Tea Scale, Fiorinia theae Green (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Tea Shot-Hole Borer Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff 1868) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Terrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)
• Terrestrial Snails (Phylum Mollusca, Class Gastropoda) Affecting Plants in Florida
• Tessellated Scale, Ecualymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccidae)
• Tetrio Sphinx, Giant Gray Sphinx, Frangipani Hornworm, Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
• Texas Field Cricket, Gryllus texensis Cade and Otte (Insecta: Orthoptea: Gryllidae)
• Thorn Bug, Umbonia crassicornis (Amyot and Serville) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae)
• Tiger Beetles of Florida, Cicindela spp., Megacephala spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae)
• Tiger Swallowtail, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Papilio glaucus Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• A Tiphiid Wasp Myzinum maculata Fabricius (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Myzininae)
• Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Tobacco Hornworm, Manduca sexta (Linnaeus), and Tomato Hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth), (Insecta:Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
• Tobacco Thrips Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Tomato Hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
• Tomato Pinworm, Keiferia lycopersicella (Walshingham) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
• Tortoise Beetle ,Chelymorpha cribraria (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Tree Snails of Florida, Drymaeus, Orthalicus, Liguus spp. (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Bulimulidae)
• Tree Squirrel Bot Fly, Cuterebra emasculator Fitch (Insecta: Diptera: Oestridae)
• Tropical Bont Tick Amblyomma variegatum Fabricius (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
• Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) (Arachnida: Acari: Macronyssidae)
• Tropical House Cricket, Gryllodes sigillatus (F. Walker)
• Tropical Orb Weaver Spider, Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
• Tropical Sod Webworm Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
• Tropical Soda Apple Leaf Beetle, Gratiana boliviana Spaeth (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
• Tropilaelaps mite Tropilaelaps spp. Delfinado & Baker (Arachnida: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)
• Tuliptree Scale Toumeyella liriodendri (Gmelin) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)
• Tuttle Mealybug Brevennia rehi (Lindinger) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Twobanded Japanese Weevil, Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus Roelofs (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Twospotted Spider Mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae)
• Twostriped Walkingstick, Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll) (Insecta: Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae)
• Varroa Mite, Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman (Arachnida: Acari:Varroidae)
• Vegetable Leafminer, Liriomyza sativae Blanchard (Insecta: Diptera: Agromyzidae)
• Velvet Ants, Mutillidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera)
• Velvetbean Caterpillar, Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hübner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Vespiform Thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae)
• Viburnum Leaf Beetle Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Viceroy Butterfly Limenitis archippus (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae)
• A Wasp Parasitoid, Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• A Wasp Parasitoid, Diadegma insulare (Cresson) (Insecta: Hymenotera: Ichneumonidae)
• Wasp Parasitoid Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• A Wasp Parasitoid Meteorus autographae Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• Wasp Parasitoid Utetes anastrephae (Viereck) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• Waterlily Leafcutter, Elophila obliteralis (Walker) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Acentropinae)
• A Webbing Barklouse, A Psocid, Archipsocus nomas Gurney (Insecta: Psocoptera: Archipsocidae)
• Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)
• A Weevil, Eurhinus magnificus Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Wellsina Mite Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon) (Arachnida: Acari: Cheyletidae)
• West Indian Drywood Termite,Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
• West Indian Fruit Fly, Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• West Indian Subterranean Termite, Heterotermessp. (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• Western Drywood Termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen) (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)
• Western Leaffooted Bug Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Wheel Bug, Arilus cristatus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
• White Garden Snail, Theba pisana (Müller) (Gastropoda: Helicidae)
• White Grubs, Phyllophaga spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• White M hairstreak, Parrhasius m-album (Boisduval & LeConte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae)
• White Peach Scale, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex difficilis (=albipes) Forel (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)
• Whitefly Predatory Lady Beetle (suggested common name)? Delphastus catalinae (Horn) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
• Whitefringed Beetles, Naupactus (=Graphognathus) spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Widow Spider Parasitoids Philolema latrodecti (Fullaway) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and Baeus latrodecti Dozier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
• Winter Ant, False Honey Ant Prenolepis imparis (Say) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae)
• A Wireworm Conoderus rudis (Brown) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• A Wireworm Conoderus scissus Schaeffer (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• A Wireworm Glyphonix bimarginatus (Schaeffer) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• Woolly oak aphids Stegophylla brevirostris Quednau and Diphyllaphis microtrema Quednau (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Yellow Brazilian PeppertreeLeaf-Galler (suggested common name) Calophya latiforceps Burckhardt (Insecta: Hemiptera: Calophyidae: Calophyinae)
• Yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Yellow Fly, Diachlorus ferrugatus (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Tabanidae)
• Yellow Garden Spider, Writing Spider Argiope aurantia (Lucas) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
• Yellow-Legged Hornet (suggested common name), Vespa velutina (Lepeletier 1836) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
• Yellow Sugarcane Aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Yellowjackets and Hornets, Vespula and Dolichovespula spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
• Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle, Microtheca ochroloma Stål (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• Yellowstriped Armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Yellowstriped Oakworm (suggested common name), Peigler's Oakworm, Anisota peigleri Riotte (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
• Yucca Giant-Skipper Butterfly, Megathymus yuccae (Boisduval & Leconte) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Zebra Longwing, Heliconius charitonia (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
• Zebra Swallowtail, Pawpaw Butterfly, Kite Swallowtail, Ajax Eurytides marcellus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• Zombie Fly (suggested common name) Apocephalus borealis Brues (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae)

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