IFAS Extension
Release Date: 7/12/2026
Agriculture
Abstract
About this Publication
This document is EENY-083, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 1999. Revised August 2015, August 2016, January 2023, and March 2026. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.
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Authors
entomologist emeritus (deceased) Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry
adjunct curator, The Maguire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History; courtesy assistant professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology
taxonomic entomologist and curator: Diptera (Tephritidae) (also misc. minor orders), Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, courtesy faculty, Department of Entomology and Nematology, specialty: insect systematics, biological control, ecology
Contacts
biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology