Gallery
coconut leaf beetle, Brontispa longissima; Photo by Muhammad Haseeb, Florida A&M University
red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, with hindwings extended; Photo by Sarah Faulwetter

European rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes nasicornis, male, lateral view; Photo by Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org

giant palm borer, Dinapate wrighti, on Washingtonia filifera; Photo by Timothy K. Broschat, University of Florida, IFAS/FLREC

common ambrosia beetle, Platypus parallelus, dorsal view; Photo by Simon Hinkley and Ken Walker, Museum Victoria, Pests and Diseases Image Library
American palm cixiid, Myndus crudus, adult; Photo courtesy of University of Florida

coconut mealybug, Nipaecoccus nipae, adults and crawlers; Photo by Lyle Buss, University of Florida
palm aphid, Cerataphis brasiliensis, adult; Photo by James Castner, University of Florida

coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor, adult females and nymphs; Photo by Lyle Buss, University of Florida
royal palm bug, Xylastodoris luteolus, adult; Photo by Lyle Buss, University of Florida

cabbage palm caterpillar damage in flower stalk (frass removed to show hole with caterpillar inside); Photo by Lyle Buss, © University of Florida

webbed frass shelter of cabbage palm caterpillar on bloom spike of palm; Photo by Lyle Buss, © University of Florida
adults with vedalia beetle, Rodalia cardinalis, predators; Photo courtesy of FDACS-DPI

Cedusa inflata, adult; Photo by J. D. de Filippis, from Insects on Palms, used with permission by CABI Publications
Cedusa sp., adult; Photo by Paul Choate, University of Florida, Dept. of Entomology and Nematology