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 melliferascutellata 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) Amynothrips andersoni O'Neill (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)
• Amaryllis Lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus hippeastri Inserra et al., 2006 (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Pratylenchidae)
• 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)
• 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)
• Armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta (Haworth) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Ash Whitefly, Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae)
• Asian Citrus Psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• An Asian Citrus Psyllid Parasitoid: Diaphorencyrtus aligarhensis (Shafee, Alam and Agarwal) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
• an Asian citrus pysllid parasitoid Tamarixia radiata (Waterston) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
• Asian Cockroach, Blattella asahinai Mizukubo (Insecta: Blattodea: Blattellidae)
• An Asian Ground Beetle, Mochtherus tetraspilotus (MacLeay) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiini)
• 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, Atala Hairstreak, Coontie Hairstreak, Eumaeus atala Röber (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• 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)
• 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)
• Bayberry Whitefly, Parabemisia myricae (Kuwana) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodinae)
• 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)
• Bean Leafroller, Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Bella Moth, Rattlebox Moth, Inornate Moth or Calico Moth, Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae)
• Bigeyed Bugs, Geocoris spp. (Insecta: Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)
• Bigheaded Ant, Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
• Biting midges, no-see-ums Culicoides spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
• Black and yellow lichen moth (suggested common name) Lycomorpha pholus (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
• Black Carpet Beetle, Attagenus unicolor (Brahm) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Black Cutworm, Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Black Flies,Simuliumspp. (Insecta: Diptera: Simuliidae)
• Black larder beetle, incinerator beetle,Dermestes aterDeGeer (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Black salt marsh mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Black soldier flyHermetia illucensLinnaeus (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
• Blacklegged Tick or Deer Tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
• Blister Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Meloidae)
• 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
• Boisduval Scale, Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret (Insecta: Hemiptera: Diaspididae)
• Brazilian Peppertree Seed Chalcid, (unofficial common name) Megastigmus transvaalensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae)
• Broad Mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acari: Tarsonemidae)
• 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 and 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.
• 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: Noctuidae: Ophiderinae)
• 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
• Cardin's Whitefly, Metaleurodicus cardini (Back) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleurodicinae)
• Caribbean Fruit Fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Cassius blue, tropical striped blue Leptotes cassius (Cramer) (Instecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae)
• Cat Flea, Ctenocephalides felis felis (Bouché)
• 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)
• Chilli Thrips (castor thrips, Assam thrips, yellow tea thrips, strawberry thrips), Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, Provisional Management Guidelines
• 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)
• A Citrus Blackfly Parasitoid, Amitus hesperidum Silvestri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
• A Citrus Blackfly Parasitoid, Encarsia perplexaHuang & Polaszek (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
• Citrus Blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• 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 snow scale Unaspis citri (Comstock) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)
• A Citrus Whitefly Parasitoid, Encarsia lahorensis (Howard) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
• Citrus Whitefly, Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• 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, Singhiella (Dialeurodes) citrifolii (Morgan) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae: Aleyrodina)
• 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)
• A Colonial Tentweb Orbweaver Cyrtophora citricola
• 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: Culicidea)
• Compact Carpenter Ant (proposed common name),Camponotus planatus (Roger) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Confused Flour Beetle, Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) and Red Flour Beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
• Coreid Bug, Leaf-footed Bug, Euthochtha galeator (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Coriander Aphid, Hyadaphis coriandri (Das) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Corn Earworm, Helicoverpa (=Heliothis) 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)
• Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicorni (Latreille), (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Cribellate Spider, Metaltella simoni (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Araneae: Amphinectidae)
• Leaf-gall thrips of Ficus—Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) and Gynaikothrips uzeli (Zimmerman) (Insecta: Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)
• Cuban Subterranean Termite (proposed), Florida Dampwood Termite (old unofficial name), Prorhinotermes simplex (Hagen) (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• 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)
• Dark Rover Ant: Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr
• Darkwinged Fungus Gnats, Bradysia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Sciaridae)
• Deer Flies, Yellow Flies, and Horse Flies: Chrysops, Diachlorus, and Tabanus spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Tabanidae)
• Diamondback Moth, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)
• Diaprepes Root Weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Dingy Purplewing Butterfly, Eunica monima (Stoll) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitidinae)
• Dogwood Borer,Synanthedon scitula(Harris) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sesiidae)
• Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
• 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)
• Cherry Fruit Fly, Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• 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 angelwing, 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)
• Edwards Wasp Moth, Lymire edwardsii (Grote) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Ctenuchinae)
• Elongate Twig Ant, Mexican Twig Ant (suggested common names), Pseudomyrmes gracilis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae)
• Entomopathogenic Nematodes (Nematoda: Rhabditida: families Steinernematidae and Heterorhabditidae)
• 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 (Hubner) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: pyralidae)
• 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)
• Eye Gnats, Grass Flies, Fruit Flies, Liohippelates spp.
• 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-Mastic Psylla,Ceropsylla sideroxyliRiley (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)
• Field Crickets, Gryllus spp. (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• Fig Wax Scale, Ceroplastes rusci (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)
• Flatid Planthopper, Oormenaria rufifascia (Walker) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae)
• 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 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)
• Forest Tent Caterpillar,Malacosoma disstriaHübner (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae)
• Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Insecta: Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
• Fruit Fly, Anastrepha edentata Stone (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• A Fruit Fly, Anastrepha nigrifascia Stone (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Fuller Rose Beetle,Naupactus godmanni (Crotch) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Furniture Carpet Beetle, Anthrenus flavipes (LeConte) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae)
• Gall Wasps,Callirhytis quercusclaviger(Ashmead) andCallirhytis cornigera(Osten Sacken) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
• Garden Fleahopper, Halticus bractatus (Say)
• 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 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 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae)
• Golden Silk Spider, Nephila 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)
• Grasshopper Nematode: Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842
• Great Purple Hairstreak; Great Blue Hairstreak, Atlides halesus (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Green lacewings (of Florida) 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 halaris (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)
• El Gusano Tejedor de la Caoba, Macalla thyrsisalis Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae)
• 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)
• 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
• 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)
• 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, Gordiusspp. (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)
• Huntsman Spider, Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae)
• 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)
• Ips Engraver Beetles, Ips spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Jamaican Field Cricket, Gryllus assimilis (Fabricius) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonicaNewman (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Japanese Orange Fly, Bactrocera tsuneonis (Miyake) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Khapra Beetle,Trogoderma granariumEverts (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, Larra analis Fabricius; Mole Cricket Hunters, Larra bicolor Fabricius (suggested common names) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
• Leaf-Rolling Weevil, Homoeolabus analis (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Attelabidae: Attelabinae) and Thief Weevil, Pterocolus ovatus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae: Pterocolinae)
• Leafcutting Bees, Megachilidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Megachilinae)
• Leaffooted Bug, Leptoglossus phyllopus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae)
• Leafminer Parasitoid Opius dissitus Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• Lesser Canna Leafroller, Geshna cannalis (Quaintance) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Lesser Cornstalk Borer, Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
• Lesser Pumpkin Fly, Ethiopian Fruit Fly, Cucurbit Fly, Dacus ciliatus (Loew) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• 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, Chequered Swallowtail, Citrus 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 Metalmark, Calephelis virginiensis (Guérin-Ménéville) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
• Lobate Lac Scale, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Kerriidae)
• Lone star tick Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus) (Acari: Ixodidae)
• 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)
• Mason Wasps of Florida, Zethus spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
• A Mealybug Phenacoccus multicerarii Granara de Willink (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Mealybug Vryburgia trionymoides (DeLotto) (Pseudococcidae)
• Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• 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: Pyralidae)
• Mexican Bean Beetle, 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 and 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)
• Common name: mourning cloak (known in the United Kingdom as the Camberwell beauty) Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
• 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)
• Natal Fruit Fly, Natal Fly, Ceratitis rosa Karsch (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• 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, Kermes Scale (suggested common names), Allokermes kingii (Cockerell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae)
• Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae)
• 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)
• 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)
• Palamedes Swallowtail, Laurel Swallowtail, Papilio palamedes (Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• 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)
• Jumping Spiders: gray wall jumper and pantropical jumper: Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour) and Plexippus paykulli (Audouin) (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae)
• Papaya Fruit Fly, Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Parasitoid of the Citrus Leafminer,Cirrospilus ingenuus Gahan (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
• Parasitoid of the Citrus Leafminer,Semielacher petiolatus (Girault) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Eulophidae).
• 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)
• 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 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Persimmon Psylla, Trioza diospyri (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• 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: Pyralidae)
• Picture-Winged Fly, Delphinia picta (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Ulidiidae (=Otitidae))
• Pigeon Louse Fly or Pigeon Fly, Pseudolychia canariensis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Hippoboscidae)
• 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)
• Pink Hibiscus Mealybug, Maconellicoccus hirsutu (Green)
• Pleasing Fungus Beetles, Pseudischyrus, Tritoma, Megalodacne, Ischyrus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Erotylidae)
• Polydamas Swallowtail, Gold Rim, Tailless Swallowtail, Battus polydamas lucayus (Rothschild and 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)
• Primitive Weevils of Florida (Insecta: Coleoptera: Brentidae: Brentinae)
• Proturans Proturaspp. (Entognatha: Protura)
• Psílido, Boreioglycaspis melaleucae Moore (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• A Psyllid, Boreioglycaspis melaleucae Moore (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• 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)
• Rainbow scarab Phaneaus vindex Macleay (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Strongylida: Metastrongylida)
• Red admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria (Fruhstorfer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Nymphalinae)
• Red and Black Flat Mite, A False Spider Mite, Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) (Arachnida: Acari: Tenuipalpidae)
• Red Bay Psyllid,Trioza magnoliae (Ashmead) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psyllidae)
• Red date scale, Phoenicococcus marlatti (Cockerell) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Phoenicoccidae)
• 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 Hairstreak, Calycopis cecrops (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
• Redbanded Thrips, Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard) (Insects: Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
• Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
• Redheaded Pine Sawfly Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch)
• 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)
• Ringlegged Earwig, Euborellia annulipes (Lucas) (Insecta: Dermaptera: Carcinophoridae)
• Robber Flies, Asilidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae)
• 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)
• Saddleback Caterpillar Acharia stimulea (Clemens) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
• Un Salta-Planta Flátido en Palmas, Ormenaria rufifascia (Walker) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Flatidae)
• Saltmarsh Caterpillar,Estigmene acrea(Drury) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
• Sand Field Cricket, Gryllus firmus Scudder (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• 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 andTrielis 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)
• Shortwinged Mole Cricket, Scapteriscus abbreviatus Scudder; Southern Mole Cricket, Scapteriscus borellii Giglio-Tos; and Tawny Mole Cricket, Scapteriscus 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)
• 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
• South American Fruit Fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Southeastern Field Cricket, Gryllus rubens Scudder (Insecta: Orthoptera: Gryllidae)
• Southern Armyworm, Spodoptera eridania (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Predatory Stink Bug, Stiretrus anchorago (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• 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 frontalisZimmermann (Insecta: 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)
• Texas Field Cricket, Gryllus texensis Cade and Otte (Insecta: Orthoptea: Gryllidae)
• Spanish Moth or Convict Caterpillar, Xanthopastis timais (Cramer) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Spicebush Swallowtail, Papilio troilus Linnaeus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
• Spined Soldier Bug, Podisus maculiventris (Say) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
• Spiny Orb Weaver Spider,Gasteracantha cancriformis(Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae)
• Spiral Nematode, Helicotylenchus pseudorobustus (Steiner, 1941) Golden, 1956 (Nematoda: Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae)
• Spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
• 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)
• Sri Lankan weevil Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus Marshall
• Sting Nematode, 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)
• Striped Blister Beetle, Epicauta vittata (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
• 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 subtropicusBlatchley (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
• Sugarcane Lace Bug, Leptodictya tabida
• Sweat Bees, Halictid Bees, Halictidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
• Sweetpotato Weevil, Cylas formicarius (Fabricius) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Brentidae (=Curculionidae))
• Sweetpotato Whitefly B Biotype of Silverleaf Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) or Bemisia argentifolii Bellows and Perring (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
• Swirski mite (suggested common name) 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 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)
• Terrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora)
• Terrestrial Snails Affecting Plants in Florida, phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda
• Tessellated Scale, Ecualymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccidae)
• Tessellated Scale Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret)
• Tetrio Sphinx, Giant Gray Sphinx, Frangipani Hornworm, Pseudosphinx tetrio (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Twobanded Japanese Weevil, Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus Roelofs (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• 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)
• Tuttle mealybug Brevennia rehi (Pseudococcidae)
• 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)
• A Wasp Parasitoid, Cotesia marginiventris (Cresson) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• Wasp Parasitoid Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• A Wasp Parasitoid Meteorus autographae Muesebeck (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
• A Wasp Parasitoid, Diadegma insulare (Cresson) (Insecta: Hymenotera: Ichneumonidae)
• 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)
• 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)
• Whitefringed Beetles, Naupactus (=Graphognathus) spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
• Widow Spider Parasatoids
• A Wireworm Conoderus rudis (Brown) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• A Wireworm Conoderus scissus Schaeffer (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
• Woolly oak aphids Stegophylla brevirostris Quednau and Diphyllaphis microtrema Quednau (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Diptera: Culicidae)
• Yellow Fly, Diachlorus ferrugatus (Fabricius) (Insecta: Diptera: Tabanidae)
• 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 (Guenee) (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)
• Crapemyrtle Aphid, Tinocallis kahawaluokalani (Kirkaldy) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae)
• Lesser Mealworm, Litter Beetle,Alphitobius diaperinus(Panzer) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

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