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INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE MANGO IN FLORIDA 
AND HOW TO COMBAT THEM. 
By G. F. Moznerre, Assistant Mntomologist, 'ruit-Insect Investigations. 
CONTENTS. 
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Injurious insects of the mango in Injurivus insects of the mango in 
IM a ee ee 3 Florida—Continued. 
The blossom anomala____~-__ 3 The mango: scale_= =. +. ——_-== 19 
The red ispider:_ 222 0s 6 The Florida wax scale_____-~ 20 
The red-banded thrips_____--_- 9 Foreign insect enemies of the mango 
The mango shield scale___-_~ 1 which should be kept out of the 
The tessellated scale____-__~ 16 United: Stat esiae a es es 21 
The Florida red scale_______ LG 
VERY PART of the mango tree is at some time affected by one or 
more insect pests which cause concern and loss to the grower. 
While some of these insects may have been introduced, others prob- 
ably have always been present on native vegetation and have adapted 
themselves to the mango. 
INJURIOUS INSECTS OF THE MANGO IN FLORIDA. 
THE BLOSSOM ANOMALA. 
When the mango is in bloom it is sometimes visited in swarms by 
a beetle? which can cause serious damage. Fortunately, however, 
this beetle is not generally distributed at blossoming time. Groves 
in certain localities may be visited by large numbers of the beetles, 
yet other groves escape injury. Groves visited one year may escape 
the next, and others in turn may be attacked. 
The adult beetle (fig. 1) has a black thorax with a yellowish bor- 
der; the wing covers are yellowish mottled with two crossrows of ill- 
defined black spots. Variations in color often occur, some individuals 
being almost black. The beetle varies also in size, averaging from one- 
fourth to five-sixteenths inch in length. 
This pest has been recorded from a number of localities along the 
lower east coast of Florida, it has been reported from a number of 
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