Pests & Beneficials

Look for a tiny mottled brown wedge-shaped adult feeding with its rear end raised at about a 45-degree angle; nymphs are yellow-orange on new flush.

Look for bright red-orange or yellow cushion-like fungal growth on whitefly scale stages; it is a beneficial fungus.

Look for a dark brown-to-black domed oval scale with a characteristic raised H-like ridge on the back.

Look for a broad-snouted adult weevil covered with blue-green scales.

Look for colonies of dark brown to nearly black soft-bodied aphids crowded on tender new flush.

Look for a yellow-brown fruit fly with patterned wings and a relatively long body/ovipositor in females.

Look for dark slate-black nymphal scales on leaf undersides, often ringed with waxy fringe; adults are small dark whitefly-like insects.

Look for winding silvery serpentine mines in tender leaves, often causing curled or distorted new growth.

Look for soft-bodied insects covered in white cottony wax, often clustered in fruit/stem crevices.

Look for a tiny mottled brown wedge-shaped adult feeding with its rear end raised at about a 45-degree angle; nymphs are yellow-orange on new flush.

Look for very small bright red mites/eggs on leaves and fruit together with fine stippling or bronzing.

The mite itself is nearly microscopic; identify the bronze/russet rind or leaf surface damage it produces.

Look for bark that appears dusted with snow from masses of elongated white male scales; darker females may be mixed in.

Look for a brown-orange female attached to a large white ribbed/fluted cottony egg sac.

Look for a large snout weevil with bold black-and-cream/yellow/orange striping or scale patterns.

Look for small round flattened reddish-brown scale covers on fruit, leaves or twigs, often with a central nipple.

Look for a gray-brown broad-snouted weevil with a rough/scaly body; leaf edges may show scalloped feeding.

Look for a long, very narrow brown mussel-shaped scale cover aligned along twigs/leaves.

Look for the large jumping hind legs, chewing mouthparts and stout body of a grasshopper.

Look for clusters of bright green soft-bodied pear-shaped aphids on tender shoots.

Look for evidence of the beneficial fungus on rust mites—infected tiny mites may appear coated or anchored by whitish fungal growth.

Look for a green leaf-like insect with extremely long threadlike antennae and strong jumping hind legs.

Look for an alligator-shaped predator larva often carrying bits of debris/prey remains on its back.

Look for a small dome-shaped beetle, often red/orange/yellow with contrasting spots or markings; larvae are elongated predators.

Look for an elongated brown true bug with widened leaf-like expansions on the hind tibiae.

Look for a small yellow-brown fruit fly with bold patterned wings and contrasting body markings.

Look for a microscopic threadlike roundworm or for feeder-root damage associated with citrus slow decline.

Look for the giant swallowtail caterpillar that mimics bird droppings with mottled brown, white and orange markings.

Look for a tiny narrow-waisted wasp associated with parasitized scales/aphids/whiteflies; many are only a few millimeters long.

Look for a curved elongated mussel-shell scale cover that is dark purple-brown.

Look for reddish-brown ants of mixed worker sizes and characteristic mound colonies.

Look for a wedge-shaped leafhopper with strong jumping hind legs and wings held roof-like over the body.

Look on leaf undersides for tiny pale mites marked by multiple dark body spots; feeding can cause stippling.

Look for a broad bright-green shield-shaped true bug.

Look for tiny brownish-purple mites on upper leaf surfaces with stippled/gray foliage injury.

Look for tiny white moth-like adults and pale oval scale-like nymphs on leaf undersides.

Look for a small gray-brown snout weevil and repeated notches chewed from leaf margins.

Look for tiny slender yellow/tan insects and silvery or ring-like scarring on tender flowers/young fruit.

Look for tiny pale yellow-green mites with two dark dorsal spots, often with fine webbing.