A TINY BUG WITH A BIG APPETITE: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCHERS SAY SCALE INSECT ATTACKS MORE THAN 300 SPECIES OF PLANTS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News | February 16, 2006 | Copyright

The University of Florida, a component of the Florida state university system, issued the following news release:

Welcome to the bug-of-the-month club. Thanks to Florida's balmy climate and popularity as a tourist destination, at least one new and unwanted insect pest hitchhikes its way into the state every month, according to University of Florida researchers.

One of the most menacing newcomers is the lobate lac scale (Paratachardina lobata), an insect native to India and Sri Lanka that attacks more than 300 types of woody plants, says Forrest Howard, an associate professor of entomology ...

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