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State insects are designated by 48 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect.
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 FISC list is a recommendation for natural resource managers, environmental education, and volunteer removal, but is not regulatory by law. [173] State regulated plant species are listed in the State of Florida Noxious Weed List, and the State of Florida Prohibited Aquatic Plants List. [178]
Aphids can also transmit viruses and allow sooty mold to take hold. When the population becomes too large, an aphid might grow wings and fly away to find a fresh host plant.
Aphis rumicis Linnaeus, 1758 c g b (black aphid) Aphis rutae c g; Aphis salicariae Koch, C.L., 1855 c g; Aphis salsolae (Börner, 1940) c g; Aphis salviae Walker, F., 1852 c g; Aphis sambuci Linnaeus, 1758 c g b (elder aphid) Aphis sanguisorbae Schrank, 1801 c g; Aphis sanguisorbicola c g; Aphis saniculae Williams, T.A., 1911 c g; Aphis ...
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, [a] although individuals within a species ...
Aphis is a genus of insects in the family Aphididae containing at least 600 species of aphids. [1] It includes many notorious agricultural pests , such as the soybean aphid Aphis glycines . Many species of Aphis , such as A. coreopsidis and A. fabae , are myrmecophiles , forming close associations with ants .
The barking tree frog is the state's amphibian. American green tree frogs vary in color. This list of amphibians of Florida includes species native to or documented in the U.S. state of Florida. [1] [2]