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	<title>The Firefly Forest &#187; Hawaiian Invertebrates</title>
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		<title>Ohia Psyllid Galls</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/06/02/ohia-psyllid-galls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psyllids or Jumping Plant Lice are small, jumping, winged, highly host-specific plant-feeding bugs in the Superfamily Psylloidea. Not only can Psyllids weaken plants with their feeding and spread plant diseases, their nymphs (immature Psyllids) can form unsightly, disfiguring galls on host plants. I observed these weird, red, pimple-like galls on the leaves of an &#039;Ohi&#039;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Centipede</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Hawaii does not have snakes, there are slithery, venomous creatures here like the Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes). Giant Centipedes were accidentally introduced to Hawaii by humans, perhaps by the Polynesians or by the first explorers, and they have since become one of the most feared and hated pests here because of their venomous and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-tailed Blue Butterfly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) butterflies are native to Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. These butterflies were accidentally introduced to Hawaii in the late 1800s, so they have had plenty of time to become well established here and are now one of Hawaii&#039;s most common butterflies. The Long-tailed Blue is also commonly known as the Peablue, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Slug</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/09/09/cuban-slug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuban Slugs or Two-striped Slugs (Veronicella cubensis) have become common garden pests in some parts of Hawaii. Cuban Slugs are native to Cuba, but they have spread to other islands in the Caribbean and have recently been accidentally introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. They were discovered on Oahu in 1985 and soon spread to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yellow-shelled Semi-slug</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/09/01/yellow-shelled-semi-slug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow-shelled Semi-slugs (Parmarion martensi) are large, parasite-spreading garden pests that were accidentally introduced to Hawaii from Southeast Asia. In 1996, they were discovered on Oahu, and in 2004, they were discovered in the eastern lowland parts of the Big Island, where they are now very common. I observed this Yellow-shelled Semi-slug crawling around on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red-black False Blister Beetle</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/07/08/red-black-false-blister-beetle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most annoying insects found in Hawaii are Red-black False Blister Beetles or Redblack Oedemerids (Ananca bicolor). These nocturnal beetles are highly attracted to lights, and if they are present, they can show up in large numbers to ruin your outdoor evening dining or invade your house through any small holes or gaps [...]]]></description>
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