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Formerly known as Florida Exotic Plant Pest Council (FLEPPC), the council changed its name to Florida Invasive Species Council (FISC) to retire outdated terminology. [172] [173] Three species have been added to Category I since 2019, and Category II now includes four additional species.
About 12,500 species of insects are native to Florida, most of which naturally flew into the region from the Caribbean or Southeastern United States. An additional 1,000 have been identified as exotic. [44] Insects create about $1 billion of damage to structures and agriculture in Florida each year.
The Florida woods cockroach (Eurycotis floridana) is a large cockroach species which typically grows to a length of 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in). [2] When alarmed, adults can eject an extremely foul-smelling directional spray up to 1 m, [3] which inspired several of its other common names: Florida skunk roach, Florida stinkroach, skunk cockroach, skunk roach, stinking cockroach, and stinkroach. [1]
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It is notorious for its propensity to inflict painful bites on people, [4] having been described as the most aggressive fly species in Florida. [6] The female feeds on blood to develop eggs, and is most active in the summer and early autumn during daylight hours, especially in the late afternoon and on overcast days. Flies can even venture ...
There are fewer than 1,400 adults left in the wild, wildlife officials say.
This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
The beetle feeds on the leaves, flowers and fruits of more than 300 plant species, which is why the insect is considered so destructive. “Feeding damage can completely defoliate plants, causing ...