Insects: mealybugs, mites, thrips and springtail
Long tailed Mealybug (Pseudococcus longispinus) ?
Papaya Mealybug (Phenacoccusmarginatus) ?
Hibiscus Erineum Mite, (Aceria hibisci)
Hibiscus Thrip (Liothrips varicornis)
Springtail (Cyphoderus sp. or Orchesella sp.) ?
*White Springtail ( ) ?
*Hibiscus Aphid (Aphis citricola) ?
Fringed Orchid Aphid (Cerataphis orchidearum)
Oleander Aphid (Aphis nerii)
Melon Aphid (Aphis gossypii)
Boisduval’s Scale (Diaspis boisduvali) ?
*Orchid Scale ( ) ?
*Gardenia Scale ( ) ?
Gray Silverfish
Strawberry Guava gull-maker (Tectococcus ovatus)
Names preceded by an asterisk indicate common names that I have made up.
Longtailed Mealybug
Hibiscus Erineum Mite
First discovered in Hawaii at Wheeler Air Force Base in Wahiawa in November 1989. Identifiable by the leaf gall apparent on hibiscus plants, particularly on Chinese Red Hibiscus.
Springtail
Springtail body length = 2 mm plus tail.
Hibiscus Aphid
This insect is about 1 mm long.
Fringed Orchid Aphid
Papaya Mealybug
This mealybug was found on a Jatropha bush.
Hibiscus Thrip
Found on leaf of hibiscus. Body length about 0.5 mm.
White Springtail
Body length = 5mm. With tail and antenna = 1 cm.
Melon Aphid (aka Cotton Aphid)
This aphid is about 1.5 mm long.
Ventral view. Size = 1mm.
Per David Preston of the Bishop Museum this “is the Fringed orchid aphid Cerataphis orchidearum (Westwood). Found on orchids and also recorded from Pritchardia sp. (palms). Distribution: Tropics, North America, and Hawaii. Adults can be wingless like the picture or winged and look like normal aphids. Several species of coccinellid (ladybird) beetles prey on these aphids.”
With wings.
The oleander aphid is thought to have originated in the Mediterranean, but has now spread worldwide, having been exported along with its host plant. These aphids were found on a Stephanotis plant (Stephanotis floribunda).
Gray Silverfish
Body length 12mm. This picture is from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ctenolepisma_longicaudata_63.jpg
Nymphs are a light yellowish, which darkens to tan or brown as the insect matures.
Oleander Aphid
Boisduval’s Scale
Orchid scale
Scale nymphs, each about 0.1 mm long
Gardenia Scale
This aphid is about 1.5 mm long.
Male scale, 1mm long. Males are small winged creatures whose primary, if not sole, role is to mate and die.
Scale on orchid leaf is about 2 mm across.
Strawberry Guava gull-maker (Tectococcus ovatus)
Tectococcus is a native of Brazil, just like its host plant, strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum).
It was introduced to Hawai’i in 2011