BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE CITRUS TREE SNAIL 

 Drymaeus dormani (BINNEY), AND THE CITRUS RUST MITE 

 Phyllocoptruta oleivora (ASHMEAD), 

 AS WELL AS THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ACARICIDES 

 ON THE CITRUS RUST MITE 



By 

 Michael Edward Bledsoe 



A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE 

 COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL 

 FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF 

 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 



UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 

 1977 



