:: Directory of Florida Insects
OTHER FLORIDA BUGS
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| Florida Love Bugs - Although not a pest that can be easily maintained, the seasonal insect called the love bug is surrounded by rumors and misconceptions. |
The Spittle Bug - Spittlebugs are present throughout the entire state, but they are more abundant in northern and northwestern Florida. |
Lady Bugs in Florida - Ladybird is a name that has been used in England for more than 600 years for the European beetle Coccinella septempunctata. |
The Stink Bug - The predatory stink bug, Euthyrhynchus floridanus (Linnaeus), is considered a beneficial insect because most of its prey consists of plant-damaging bugs, beetles, and caterpillars. |
Orangedog or Giant Swallowtail Bug - The giant swallowtail, Papilio cresphontes Cramer, is a striking, wonderfully "exotic"-looking butterfly that is very abundant in Florida. |
Southern Green Stink Bug - The southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula (Linnaeus), is in the order Hemiptera or "true bugs." |
Colorado Potato Bug - True "potato beetles" are members of the beetle genus Leptinotarsa, with 32 species in North America, including Mexico; 10 species in the continental United States, including two species in Florida. |
Scentless Plant Beetle - Two species of Jadera are known from Florida, J. antica Walker and J. haematoloma (Herrich-Schaeffer), but only the latter species is common. |
Giant Water Bug - The heteropteran family Belostomatidae contains the giant water bugs. These large, predatory, aquatic insects have the largest body size among the Heteroptera." |
Lantana Lace Bug - The lantana lace bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, often causes extensive damage to lantana, Lantana camara L. |
Azalea Lace Bug - Azalea lace bug, Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott), belongs to a group of insects in the family Tingidae. |
Sycamore Lace Bug - The sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata (Say) is a native North American insect that feeds on sycamore trees (Platanus spp., especially Platanus occidentalis L.). |
Avocado Lace Bug - The avocado lace bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann), was described in 1908 as Acysta perseae from Florida specimens. |
Southern Chinch Bug - The southern chinch bug, Blissus insularis Barber, is an insect pest of St. Augustinegrass, Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze, a turf and pasture grass grown throughout the southern United States. |
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