Tag: Scale Insects
Don’t Do It! The Late Fall Duval Gardeners Dilemma.
October 24, 2023
Dilemma: To Prune or Not To Prune in November! Are you tempted to cut or pull spent plants that have gone to seed? Isn't a neatly trimmed bed delightfully satisfying and aren't you dying to clean it all up after the chaos of this mad, hot summer? Wait! If ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, HorticultureTags: Azaleas, Camelias, Dogwood And Redbud, Flowering Trees, Hydrangea, Pruning, Scale Insects, Winter Pruning
February First Friday with Florida First Detector
February 6, 2023
Recap of February First Friday with Florida First Detector In February, we talked about Invasive Scale Insects and covered identification of species commonly found in Florida and a few that were recently detected in Florida. Scale insects ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS TeachingTags: Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD22-23, FloridaFirstDetector, Hemiptera, Insects, Invasive Species, Ornamental Plants, Palm Pests, Pests, Scale Insects, SeminoleCountyAg
Snout scale: a potential new pest for Florida citrus
November 13, 2020
The snout scale (Fiorinia proboscidaria) has been reported as a potential new pest for commercial citrus crops in Florida. First detected in Hillsborough County in 2013, it has since been found on residential citrus in five other counties. Although ... READ MORE
Category: Pests & DiseaseTags: Citrus, Fruit Pest, Scale Insects, Snout Scale
Can you grow a coconut palm in Charlotte County?
January 22, 2018
By Ralph E. Mitchell Can you grow a coconut palm in Charlotte County? The short answer is both “yes” and “no”. While this magnificent symbol of the tropics makes a wonderful landscape feature in some places, it is marginal at best ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, HorticultureTags: Bud Rots, Category II Invasive Plant, Coconut Palm, Cocos Nucifera, Lethal Yellowing, Scale Insects, Whiteflies
New on Featured Creatures! Citrus snow scale, by Buckley and Hodges.
October 7, 2013
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Citrus snow scale available at: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/scales/citrus_snow_scale.htm Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The citrus snow ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Featured Creatures, Pest Alert, Scale Insects
UF-IFAS Pest Alert: Mexican lac scale by Stocks, FDACS-DPI
June 19, 2013
The Mexican lac scale, Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) (Hemiptera: Kerriidae), is native to Mexico and Texas. This species was first discovered in Florida in 1985 at a theme park in Lake Buena Vista and a second population was discovered ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS ExtensionTags: Featured Creatures, Pest Alert, Scale Insects