This page provides links to pest alerts of insects and diseases that have recently arrived in Florida or that may possibly arrive soon.
Recent Pest Info
- The Cassava Lace Bug, Vatiga illudens (Drake) (Hemiptera: Tingidae), A new exotic lace bug in Florida

- Bean Plataspid, Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) an Exotic Legume Pest Established in Georgia

- Cotton Seed Bug (Oxycarenus hyalinipennis)


- Citrus Black Spot (Guignardia citricarpa) discovered in Florida


- Giant Palm Weevils of the Genus Rhynchophorus (Coleoptera: curculionidae) and their Threat to Florida Palms


- Giant African Land Snail and Giant South American Snails: Field Recognition

- Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead), a New Exotic Mealybug in South Florida (Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae)

- The Chinese creeper, bittervine or mile-a-minute, Mikania micrantha, an invasive vine new to the continental United States

- Spotted Wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a fruit pest new to North America

- Another Asian Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborinus andrewesi (Blandford)

- Argentine Ant, Liniepithema humile Mayr
- An Orchid Mealybug - Pseudococcus dendrobiorum
- Ligurian Leafhopper - Eupteryx decemnotata
- Emerald Ash Borer - Agrilus planipennis
- Blue Gum Chalcid - Leptocybe invasa, a Eucalyptus Pest
- Texas Phoenix Palm Decline
- A New Exotic Soft Scale Insect on Croton in South Florida (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)
- An Ornamental Fig Pest , Horidiplosis ficifolii Harris (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Genus and Species New to Florida and North America
- The Fig Whitefly Singhiella simplex (Singh) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae):
A New Exotic Whitefly Found on Ficus Species in South Florida - The Poliaspis Cycad Scale Poliaspis cycadis Comstock (Hemiptera: Diaspididae): A new exotic scale insect for Florida
- Redbay Ambrosia Beetle, Xyleborus glabratus
- Red palm mite Raoiella indica Hirst
- Citrus Greening
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