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October
2011 |
Giant African Land Snail has been found
in Miami. Don't confuse it with the Channeled
Apple snail. See
the article on our website.
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June
2011
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Entomologists at DPI have
identified a "Jamaican Citrus
Weevil", Exophthalmus similis
adults in the Bahamas, a serious
citrus pest found there. They are
similar to the Diaprepes Rootstock Weevil.
See the Advisory
bulletin from FDACS.
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October 2010 |
Gumbo
Limbo Spiraling Whitefly
now in Miami and Palm Beach county
Link
to page on Miami/Dade
website
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August 2010
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Grasshoppers
invade Okeechobee!
Local
Fact sheet
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August
2010 |
A local
commercial nursery has reported Palm
Leaf Skeletonizers. Click
here for a local fact sheet on this
insect pest.
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June
2010 |
Medfly
found in Palm Beach County
UF/IFAS
Medfly bulletin
- EENY
2214
Links to FDACS DPI
pages:
Area
being inspected is east of Florida
Turnpike, between Boynton Beach and Palm
Beach Broward County Line.
If
you think you have seen a Medfly please call
1-888-397-1517 for an inspection. (This
is the Florida Department of
Agriculture's toll-free help number.)
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Medfly
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more photos, click
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May
2010
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Tortricid
Moth Larvae on Citrus in Immokalee
click
here for guidance from Tim Gaver
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October
2009
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The
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council’s
2009 List of
Invasive Plant Species is now online: http://www.fleppc.org/list/list.htm |

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July
2009 |
A
17 foot Burmese Python snake was found in
Okeechobee. Click on snake to see photos.
Also see the UF bulletin, Burmese
Pythons in South Florida |

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November
2008 |
Red Bay Ambrosia
Beetles are
spreading a fungus disease, Laurel Wilt:
may be eliminating these forest trees from
our landscape sand Avocado trees from our
dooryards: Bye-Bye
Red Bays for news article and
links. |

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November
2007
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Red Palm
Mite Raoiella indica, a
serious pest of many palms, was found in Palm
Beach Gardens. Se the FDACS
DPI web page on this pest for details and
management suggestions. |

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November
2007
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The
Fig Whitefly – A new pest of Ficus benjamina
and Ficus nitida has been discovered
in Miami/ Dade County. It will
defoliate trees and wreck nursery
crops. See Adrian
Hunsberger's fact sheet (pdf) for
more information. |

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June
2007
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Gladiolus
Rust Uromyces transversalis was found
on a cut flower farm in Manatee County, FL
on April 12, 2006. Click
here for more. or here for FDACS press
release on this disease. |
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April
2007
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Red
palm mite
Raoiella indica was reported in
early 2007 in US Virgin Islands and Granada.
It effects palms, bananas, heliconias and
gingers. It is spread by infested plants
including items made from palm fronds like
hats (right). Click
here for more information. |
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February
2007
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Africanized
Honey bees (AHBs) have been confirmed
in nine states in the U.S. and continue
their march across Florida. The USDA
has updated its map on Africanized honey
bee's spread.
As of January 2007, they are located in
Martin, St. Lucie, Glades and Highlands
Counties.They have been detected in Okeechobee.
For the 1/2007map ,.click
here (pdf document) |
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August
2006 |
The
Q-biotype whitefly is officially confirmed in
five Florida counties:
Dade, Lee, Hillsborough , Suwannee, and
Orange. For
information on this whitefly see this Featured
Creatures site or Lance Osborne's
Q-Whitefly site: http://mrec.ifas.ufl.edu/lso/bemisia/bemisia.htm
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August
2006 |
A
new leaf footed bug, Leptoglossus zonatus,
has been found in Florida. The white band is
zigzagged, and it has two white eyespots
behind the head. If you see this bug,
please collect them - our office would like
to sent them to the state for positive ID. Clck
here for more info. |

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July
2006
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A
new Mealybug, IIcerya genistae, was
found in Broward County this month. It
seems to like bean relatives and can
build up fairly large populations. Click
here to
go to FDACS Pest Alert. |
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April
2006
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Suspected
Whitefly Q Biotype in Manatee County
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Vegetable growers take note! Click
here for pdf document! |
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January
11, 2006
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Citrus
Canker mandatory eradication
ended. For current management suggestions,
click
here. |
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December
2005
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Chili
Thrips
are
new insect pests that effect a many
ornamental, fruit and vegetable plants. They
have been found to be a problem on roses in Orange
and Palm Beach counties. A good resource
page has
been placed on the UF/IFAS MidFlorida REC - click
here. |
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eptember
2005
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Citrus
Greening - a disease of Citrus trees and their relatives,
has been found in Homestead. It
could be worse than Citrus Canker. It is spread by
the citrus psyllid, and insect, and by moving contaminated
plants. For info about disease, click
here. A quarantine
now exists in Miami-Dade County. |
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June
2005 |
The
snowbush
spanworm,
the larva of the white-tipped black moth, has been found in
increased numbers on Snow bush (a.k.a. snow on the
mountain). for an update & mgt. information, click here: |
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June
2005 |
The
Coconut borer, Pachymerus nucleorum,
was
found
for the first time in the United States at a light trap in
Palm Beach, Florida. This beetle feeds
on palm species within the following genera: Acrocomia,
Attalea, Cocos, Elaeis, Orbignya, and Syagrus.
For more info, click
here and go to the archives for the 6/17/05
citation. |
 
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May
2005 |
A
new pest of Queen Palms -
may be a disease? - click on
link to see Dr.
Elliott's latest document [5/5/05] |
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May
2005 |
Asian
Ambrosia Beetle - a new possible insect of Red Bay Trees |

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April
2005 |
New Sweet potato Whitefly (Biotype Q):
FDACS
page or Greenhouse Product News (GPN)
4/18 update. Also
see update above, April 2006.
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January
2005
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Pink
Hibiscus Mealybug homepage |
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August 2004
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New Palm and Bamboo pests -
Exotic
Palmicultor mealybugs
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April 2004
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Sudden
Oak Death
Phytophthora
ramorum (a.k.a."SOD")
As of this date, there are no reports
of this potentially dangerous plant disease
in our area. A
UF Fact sheet, Sudden
Oak Death (PP197) is available at
our Extension office or at this site: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp118.
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comprehensive site on SOD is this page http://spdn.ifas.ufl.edu/sudden_oak_death.htm |
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April
2004
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Lobate Lac scale
There
has been a positive
infestation
in a commercial landscape in Martin County.
Be on the lookout for this pest. To
learn more about this insect pest, see the
following references (with color photos) at
this Featured
Creatures Article:
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/scales/lobate_lac.htm |
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February
2004
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Asian Cycad Scale
(Aulacaspis
yasumatsui) This
serious pest of Sago palms has taken them
out of many local landscapes. Click
here to go to the ACS
webpage. |
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January
2004
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Got
Geraniums? look for this disease on the
leaves: Southern
Wilt of Geranium Ralstonia
solanacearum
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FDACS Nursery Inspector: |
Pest
Eradication & Control: |
Richard
T. Bloom
bloomr@doacs.state.fl.us
Telephone: 863-452-3887
Fax: 863-452-3725
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Jim
Heidegger heidegj@doacs.state.fl.us
4244 Bandy Blvd
Ft. Pierce, Florida 34981
Phone: 772-429-2000 or 772-429-2008
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FDACS Pesticide Inspector:
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George N. Moore
mooreg@doacs.state.fl.us
639 E. Ocean Avenue, Unit 306
Boynton Beach, Florida 33435
(561) 734-2801
(561) 734-0514 (fax)
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