Gallery
palmetto tortoise beetle, Hemisphaerota cyanea, adult, dorsal view; Photo by Mike Quinn, TexasEnto.net
palmetto tortoise beetle, Hemisphaerota cyanea, adult female laying eggs; Photo by Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.net
coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima, larva with Asecodes parasitoid wasp; Photo by Tran Tan Viet, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
palmetto tortoise beetle, Hemisphaerota cyanea, larva with frass covering; Photo © Bill and Marcia Boothe, NatureInFocus.com
coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima, larvae and feeding damage to coconut palm leaf; Photo courtesy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
leaves damaged by coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima; Photo courtesy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
damage caused by coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima; Photo courtesy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
lobate lac scale infestation with sooty mold on wax-myrtle branch; Photo by F.W. Howard, University of Florida
long-tailed mealybug, Pseudococcus longispinus, adults; Photo by James Castner, University of Florida
coconut mealybug, Nipaecoccus nipae, adults and crawlers; Photo by Lyle Buss, University of Florida
coconut mealybug, Nipaecoccus nipae, infestation on a palm with accompanying sooty mold; Photo by Lyle Buss, University of Florida
coconut mealybug, Nipaecoccus nipae, infestation on pygmy date palm, Phoenix roebelenii; Photo by Scot Nelson and Mike Nago, University of Hawaii at Manoa
red palm mite, Raoiella indica, magnified about 300x; Photo by Eric Erbe, digital colorization by Chris Pooley, USDA-Agricultural Research Service
red palm mite, Raoiella indica, adult females; Photo by Rita Duncan, University of Florida
red palm mite, Raoiella indica, egg, larva, and adult male (left to right); Photo by Rita Duncan, University of Florida
red palm mite, Raoiella indica, damage, close-up; Photo by Jorge Pena, University of Florida
nut damage and sap bleeding to Samoan coconut (a variety of Cocos nucifera) caused by an unidentified eriophyid mite; Photo by Scot Nelson, University of Hawaii at Manoa
distorted and damaged coconuts (Cocos nucifera) caused by unidentified eriophyid mites; Photo by Scot Nelson, University of Hawaii at Manoa