EENY465/IN835 Palmetto scale Comstockiella sabalis Comstock

EENY465, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Adrianna Espinosa, Amanda Hodges and Greg Hodges, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this scale pest of palms in southern U.S. Mexico and the Caribbean — distribution, description, life cycle, hosts, general plant damage and management. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in835

EENY466/IN836 Hide beetle Dermestes maculatus DeGeer

EENY466, a 5-page illustrated fact sheet by Brianna Shaver and Phillip Kaufman, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this beetle that feeds on carrion and dry animal products, and has forensic significance in helping to estimate the post mortem interval in suicide or homicide cases — synonymy, distribution, description, life cycle and biology, forensic importance, and economic importance. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, November 2009.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN836