Bureau of Entomology, Nematology &
Plant Pathology
Entomology Section
Bureau Chief: Dr. Greg Hodges, hodgesg@doacs.state.fl.us
Biological Administrator III: Dr. Michael C. Thomas, thomasm@doacs.state.fl.us
PO Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614-7100
352.372.3505
Overview
Arthropod identification services are just one of the responsibilities of the Entomology Section. This section also conducts investigations of certain economic insect problems, builds and maintains the arthropod reference and research collection (the Florida State Collection of Arthropods), conducts taxonomic research, supervises the security of the Florida Biological Control Laboratory in Gainesville and the Biological Control & Research Containment Laboratory in Ft. Pierce, examines over 264,000 fruit fly traps a year and develops the taxonomic and biological control literature to support these areas of responsibility.
Entomology Links
- DPI Pest Alerts
- Tri-ology
- Entomology Circulars
- Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA)
- Exotic Invasion of Florida
- Florida Insect Gallery
- Center for Systematic Entomology
- Whitefly Taxonomic & Ecological Web site
- Key to whitefly of citrus in Florida
- Florida Lepidoptera -Butterflies & Moths information site
- Import Permits for Living Organisms - FDACS Onestop
- Coloring book: Florida Insects ~ pdf
Pests of Interest
- Exotic Fruit Flies
- An Ornamental Fig Pest , Horidiplosis ficifolii Harris (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Genus and Species New to Florida and North America
- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
- Fig Whitefly
- Venomous Spiders in Florida - information page
- Oriental Fruit Fly Information
- Medfly Information
- Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
- Asian Citrus Psyllid, vector of Citrus Greening
- Red Palm Mite
