scholarly journals Giant Water Bugs, Electric Light Bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2005 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Choate
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Small Fish ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Species ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Abdominal Appendages ◽  
Electric Light ◽  
Water Bugs

The heteropteran family Belostomatidae contains the giant water bugs. These large, predatory, aquatic insects have the largest body size among the Heteroptera. Adults of some South American species reach 4 inches in length. Individuals occur in ponds and ditches where they suspend below the surface, respiring through two abdominal appendages which act as siphons. During mating season they fly from pond to pond or pool of water. It is during these flights that these insects fly to lights in large numbers, earning their other common name, "electric light bugs". Individuals are capable of inflicting a painful bite with their strong beak, and may also pinch with their front legs. Individuals prey on aquatic insects, small fish, frogs, tadpoles, small birds, and other organisms they are able to capture. Powerful enzymes are injected into prey to kill them. Adults of Lethocerus are considered a delicacy in Asia, and are eaten both fresh and cooked. This document is EENY-301, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: July 2003. Revised: October 2003. EENY-301/IN578: Giant Water Bugs, Electric Light Bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) (ufl.edu)

scholarly journals Darkwinged Fungus Gnats, Bradysia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Sciaridae)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2004 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank W. Mead ◽  
Thomas R. Fasulo
Keyword(s):  
Red Clover ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
Fungus Gnats ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Pine Seedlings ◽  
Tulip Bulbs ◽  
Cultivated Mushrooms

Most species of darkwinged fungus gnats (Sciaridae) feed on fungi and decaying organic matter and are not considered economic problems. A few species, however, attack healthy tissue of such economic plants as potatoes, wheat, red clover, alfalfa, cultivated mushrooms, pine seedlings, and various ornamentals, including tulip bulbs, ferns, begonias, coleus, geraniums, cacti, young orchids, areca palm, and dracaenas. Sciarids are a problem in Florida greenhouses, mostly concerning injury to plants, but also large numbers of flying gnats being an occasional nuisance to workers. This document is EENY-215 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 186), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: July 2001. EENY-215/IN372: Darkwinged Fungus Gnats, Bradysia spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Sciaridae) (ufl.edu)

A new species of Buenoa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) fromColombia

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2487 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
DORA N. PADILLA-GIL
Keyword(s):  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
South American ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Large Size ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
A New Species

Key words aquatic insects, high-Andean, south-west ColombiaIntroduction The genus Buenoa Kirkaldy has approximately 63 species and is restricted to the Western Hemisphere. In Colombia there are 14 species of Buenoa, and five species are located on the Pacific coast of Colombia in Tumaco, Nariño (PadillaGil, 2010). Buenoa funensis is described; it is the first record of the genus in high-Andean aquatic ecosystems, in the department of Nariño. In the department of Cundinamarca, Padilla-Gil (2002) found four species of Buenoa up to 1800 m above sea level, and just two species, B. pallipes (Fabricius) and B. cucunubensis Padilla-Gil & Nieser, were found at 3000 m. Buenoa funensis constitutes the first recording in Colombia of a large-size species, whose males measure more 8 mm of length; for this reason it is included within the five South American species and B. distincta from Mexico, which present this characteristic; and a key is presented to differentiate males and females of these species based on Nieser et al. (1997).

scholarly journals Tessellated Scale, Ecualymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) (Insecta: Homoptera: Coccidae)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2003 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. W. Dekle
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
South American ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
The World ◽  
Agricultural Sciences

Tessellated or palm scale is a soft scale that was first described in France by V. Signoret in 1873 from specimens collected on a palm he reported as Caryota ursus. The genus Eucalymnatus, according to Borchsenius (1957), contains 17 species; two species are Ethiopian in origin and the remainder neotropical. Borchsenius (1957) considers E. tessellatus (Sign.) probably South American in origin and disseminated by man to all parts of the world on its cultivated hosts. This document is EENY-090 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular No. 138), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: June 1999.

scholarly journals South American Cucurbit Fruit Fly, Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2004 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard V. Weems, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
South American ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
The Family ◽  
Important Pest

Anastrepha grandis (Macquart) (1846: 227), which exists in several South American countries and possibly Panama, attacks watermelon and other fruits of the family Cucurbitaceae. Once a pest of minor to moderate importance generally, in recent years it has become a rather important pest. The pest status differs in each country and has changed in the last decade. This species would seem to be potentially of economic importance in Florida and southern Texas should it ever be introduced there. It has been intercepted in the United States in pumpkin from Argentina and Brazil, and one adult was found in banana debris from Panama. This document is EENY-205 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 334), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: March 2001. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in362

scholarly journals South American Fruit Fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2004 (16) ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard V. Weems, Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
South American ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Anastrepha Fraterculus ◽  
Great Economic Importance ◽  
South American Fruit Fly

Anastrepha fraterculus was described in the genus Dacus by Wiedemann (1830), based on specimens from Brazil. This species is of great economic importance because of the wide variety of plants which it attacks and its extensive distribution. In most of South America it probably is the most important species of Anastrepha. This document is EENY-266 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 217), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: January 2002.  https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in545

scholarly journals Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2003 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Nickerson ◽  
Kathryn A. Barbara
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Rapid Movement ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Agricultural Sciences ◽  
Paratrechina Longicornis

Crazy ants, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille), occurs in large numbers in homes or outdoors. They often forage long distances away from their nests, so nests are often difficult to control. The name "crazy ant" arises from its characteristic erratic and rapid movement not following trails as often as other ants. The crazy ant is so morphologically distinctive that it is one of the few Paratrechina that is not consistently misidentified in collections (Trager 1984). This document is EENY-142, one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: June 2000. EENY142/IN299: Crazy Ant, Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille), (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (ufl.edu)

A new species of Hydroscapha LeConte from northwestern Venezuela(Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 2358 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. EUGENE HALL ◽  
ANDREW E. Z. SHORT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Aquatic Insects ◽  
South American ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
South American Species ◽  
Dry Seasons ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Key Characters ◽  
Wet And Dry Seasons

During the course of recent fieldwork on Venezuelan aquatic insects, a new species of Hydroscaphidae, Hydroscapha perijaensis Hall & Short sp. n., was discovered and is herein described, representing the first known South American species of the genus. The new species was found in association with rock seepages in both the wet and dry seasons. Locality data is provided, plus dorsal and ventral habitus images of both sexes, along with key characters separating the new taxon from other species within the genus.

Estate Planning

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2002 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Turner ◽  
Vervil Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Estate Planning ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Agricultural Sciences

This document is FCS 7027, one of a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Publication date: September 2002. First published: July 1978. Revised: September 2002. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy446

Producing Quality Peanut Seed

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2002 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elmo B. Whitty
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
Publication Date ◽  
Original Publication ◽  
Peanut Seed ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Agricultural Sciences

This document is SS-AGR-187, one of a series of the Agronomy Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date November 2002.

Manual de los Reglamentos del Agua de Florida: Regulaciones de Descarga en Aguas Subterráneas a Nivel Federal

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2002 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Olexa ◽  
Laura Minton ◽  
Dulcy Miller ◽  
Sarah Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Agricultural Sciences

Este es el documento EDIS FE080, una publicación del Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Publicada Noviembre 2002.

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