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  • Pluto sphinx image

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Common Name: Pluto sphinx
    Scientific Name: Xylophanes pluto
    Family: Sphingidae
    Sample Submitter: JoAnn Hoffman
    Sample ID: 17-2870
  • Algal stem blight image

    Sample Type: Plant Disease
    Host Plant: Blackberry
    Common Name: Algal stem blight
    Scientific Name: Cephaleuros virescens
    Sample Submitter: Juanita Popenoe
    Sample ID: 17-2809
  • Turk's turban, skyrocket, tubeflower

    Sample Type: Plant/Weed
    Common Name: Turk's turban, skyrocket, tubeflower
    Scientific Name: Clerodendrum indicum (L.) Kuntze
    Family: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)
    Sample Submitter: Yvette Goodiel
    Sample ID: 17-1882
  • Mexican bromeliad weevil

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Host: Pineapple
    Common Name: Mexican bromeliad weevil
    Scientific Name: Metamasius callizona
    Family: Curculionidae
    Sample Submitter: Jonael Bosques
    Sample ID: 18-4673
  • Pleurotus


    Sample Type: Mushroom/Fungus
    Common Name: Pleurotus
    Sample Submitter: Mike Donahoe
    Sample ID: 16-4468
  • Snowbush spanworm

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Common Name: Snowbush spanworm
    Scientific Name: Melanchroia chephise
    Family: Geometridae
    Sample Submitter: Joe Sewards
    Sample ID: 15-2335
  • Feather lovegrass, Japanese lovegrass, bug's egg grass

    Sample Type: Plant/Weed
    Common Name: Feather lovegrass, Japanese lovegrass, bug's egg grass
    Scientific Name: Eragrostis amabilis (L.) Wight & Arn. ex Wight
    Family: Poaceae (Grass Family)
    Sample Submitter: JoAnn Hoffman
    Sample ID: 18-3998
  • Scarlet-bodied wasp moth

    Sample Type: Insect (Non-plant)
    Common Name: Scarlet-bodied wasp moth
    Scientific Name: Cosmosoma myrodora
    Family: Arctiidae
    Sample Submitter: Lisa Hickey
    Sample ID: 18-2818
  • woodland elaeocarpus, Japanese blueberry tree

    Sample Type: Plant/Weed
    Common Name: Woodland elaeocarpus, Japanese blueberry tree
    Scientific Name: Elaeocarpus sylvestris (Lour.) Por.
    Family: Eleaocarpaceae (elaeocarpus family)
    Sample Submitter: Alicia Lamborn
    Sample ID: 17-5672
  • Ficus Whitefly

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Host: Weeping fig - Amstel
    Common Name: Ficus Whitefly
    Scientific Name: Singhiella simplex
    Family: Aleyrodidae
    Sample Submitter: Mark Tancig
    Sample ID: 18-4332
  • Felt fungus

    Sample Type: Plant Disease
    Host: Pittosporum
    Common Name: Felt fungus
    Scientific Name: Septobasidium sp./spp.
    Sample Submitter: Rebecca Jordi
    Sample ID: 18-3841
  • West Indian drywood termite

    Sample Type: Insect (Non-plant)
    Common Name: West Indian drywood termite
    Scientific Name: Cryptotermes brevis
    Family: Kalotermitidae
    Sample Submitter: Eva Pabon
    Sample ID: 17-5515
  • Phytophthora Fruit Rot

    Sample Type: Plant Disease
    Host: Tomato
    Common Name: Phytophthora Fruit Rot
    Scientific Name: Phytophthora capsica
    Sample Submitter: Consuelo Estevez
    Sample ID: 18-3646
  • Panicgrass

    Sample Type: Plant/Weed
    Common Name: Panicgrass
    Scientific Name: Panicum sp.
    Family: Poaceae (Grass Family)
    Sample Submitter: Mark Mauldin
    Sample ID: 18-1801
  • Myllocerus Weevil

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Host: Jujube
    Common Name: Myllocerus Weevil
    Scientific Name: Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus
    Family: Curculionidae
    Sample Submitter: Yvette Goodiel
    Sample ID: 17-4432
  • Fusarium Canker

    Sample Type: Plant Disease
    Host: Royal Poinciana, Delonix regia
    Common Name: Fusarium Canker
    Scientific Name: Fusarium oxysporum
    Sample Submitter: Bill Schall
    Sample ID: 18-7202
  • Greenhouse Orthezia

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Host: Twinflower
    Common Name: Greenhouse Orthezia
    Scientific Name: Orthezia insignis
    Family: Ortheziidae
    Sample Submitter: Yvette Goodiel
    Sample ID: 18-7929
  • Black-winged dahana

    Sample Type: Insect (Non-plant)
    Host: Spanish Needle
    Common Name: Black-winged dahana
    Scientific Name: Dahana atripennis
    Family: Erebidae
    Sample Submitter: Mark Tancig
    Sample ID: 18-6043
  • Anthracnose


    Sample Type: Plant Disease
    Host: Avocado
    Common Name: Anthracnose
    Sample Submitter: Julie Schelb
    Sample ID: 18-8502
  • Southern tussock moth

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Common Name: Southern tussock moth
    Scientific Name: Dasychira meridionalis
    Family: Erebidae
    Sample Submitter: Jim Moll
    Sample ID: 18-8303
  • Citrus Flatid Planthopper

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Host: Viburnum odoratissimum
    Common Name: Citrus Flatid Planthopper
    Scientific Name: Metcalfa pruinosa
    Family: Flatidae
    Sample Submitter: Mary Beth Henry
    Sample ID: 08-3224
  • Chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Persian lilac, pride of India

    Sample Type: Plant/Weed
    Common Name: Chinaberry, chinaberry tree, Persian lilac, pride of India
    Scientific Name: Melia azedarach L.
    Family: Meliaceae (Mahogany Family)
    Toxicity: Leaves & fruit toxic if consumed
    Sample Submitter: Bill Lester
    Sample ID: 18-5728
  • Barnacle Scale

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Host: Passionflower
    Common Name: Barnacle Scale
    Scientific Name: Ceroplastes cirripediformis
    Family: Coccidae
    Sample Submitter: Ralph Mitchell
    Sample ID: 08-4575
  • Diaprepes Root Weevil

    Sample Type: Insect (Plant)
    Host: Ilex x attenuata 'Eagleston'
    Common Name: Diaprepes Root Weevil
    Scientific Name: Diaprepes abbreviatus
    Family: Curculionidae
    Sample Submitter: Jim Moll
    Sample ID: 17-9243
  • Crown Gall

    Sample Type: Plant Disease
    Host: Plumbago
    Common Name: Crown Gall
    Scientific Name: Agrobacterium tumefaciens
    Sample Submitter: Polk MG
    Sample ID: 18-5686

Distance Diagnostic and Identification System (DDIS)

The DDIS is a digital diagnostic collaboration and communication platform for UF/IFAS Extension. The system allows Extension agents and their clientele in Florida to submit digital samples to UF/IFAS diagnostic laboratories, clinics, and specialists for quick diagnosis. Authorized users may submit samples of plant diseases, insects, plant/weed, mushroom/fungus, invasive species, plant management, physiology, and nutrient related problems.

Through interactions on the Internet between extension agents and specialists, problems can be communicated immediately and assessed. Specialists around the state can perform diagnosis and identification and provide the best management practice recommendations to the users. The archived DDIS database becomes a resource for research, educational programs, and classroom teaching.

The threat of pests and plant diseases has the potential to seriously damage our agriculture and food supply. The DDIS can be used as a tool to enhance the capacity for screening, early detection, monitoring, pest mapping, and rapid communication to protect agriculture.

DDIS: Protecting agriculture in Florida and beyond.