1920] 



Dozier: Insects of Florida 



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MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY. 



The magnolia has very few enemies and this may account 

 in a large degree for the long life of this tree. 



Fig. 12. Work of the chrysomelid, Octotoma plicatida, on ash foliage. 



Attacking the foliage: Toiimayella tiirgida, Coptocyda 

 aurichalcea and Phyllocnistis magnolieUa. 



At the flowers : Thrips spinosus and Trichius piger. 

 Parasitic: Sympiesis sp., and Sagrammasoma midtilineata. 



