Flora and Fauna
- 10681
- Oak Treehopper: Platycotis vittata
- Distribution, description, life history, behavior. Includes photographs and references.
- 10682
- Platycotis vittata: Oak Treehopper
- Provides photographs and a description of this insect, its distribution, life history, behavior and host range.
- 10683
- Thorn Bug: Umbonia crassicornis
- Distribution, description, life history, behavior. Includes photographs and references.
- 10684
- Treehopper
- Information from Wikipedia on the insect family, Membracidae, often known as thorn bugs because of their enlarged thorax which resembles a thorn.
- 10685
- Umbonia crassicornis (Thorn Treehopper)
- Photos, scientific classification, physical traits, range, habitat, and diet.
- 10686
- Umbonia crassicornis: Thorn Bug
- Provides photographs and a description of this pest of ornamentals and fruit trees, its distribution, identification, biology and host range.
- 10687
- Icerya purchasi: Cottony Cushion Scale
- Provides photographs of different life stages and a description of this pest, its distribution, host plants, economic importance and management.
- 10688
- Margarodes spp: Ground Pearls
- Provides photographs and a description of these subterranean insects, their distribution and dispersal, life cycle, economic importance and management.
- 10689
- Geocoris spp: Big-eyed Bugs
- Description and distribution of these useful predatory bugs, with a key to the species found in Florida and illustrations of a number of species.
- 10690
- Lygaeidae
- Information from Wikipedia on this family of brightly coloured bugs, commonly known as seed bugs or chinch bugs, with photographs of Lygaeus equestris and Lygaeus pandurus.
- 10691
- Lac
- Information from Wikipedia on the scarlet resinous secretion of the scale insect, Kerria lacca, which is gathered and processed into shellac.
- 10692
- Paratachardina lobata: Lobate Lac Scale
- Provides photographs and a description of this serious pest of trees and shrubs, its distribution, life cycle, host range and management prospects.
- 10693
- Allokermes kingii
- Provides photographs and a description of this serious pest of oak, its distribution, life cycle, hosts, economic importance and management.
- 10694
- Kermes
- Information from Wikipedia on this genus of scale insects from which a natural crimson dye is obtained.
- 10695
- Fulgoridae
- The Insect Company provides a gallery of photographs of these colorful lantern flies.
- 10697
- Metcalfa pruinosa: Citrus Flatid Planthopper
- Photographs and information on this plant-hopper, its identification, life history, detection, host plants, economic importance and management.
- 10698
- Ormenaria rufifascia
- Provides photographs and a description of this flatid plant-hopper that feeds on palms, with information on its biology, hosts, damage and management.