00438nas a2200121 4500008004100000245007300041210006800114100001500182700001800197700001600215700001200231856007300243 2008 eng d00aThe Insects of Ojibway Prairie, a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie0 aInsects of Ojibway Prairie a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie1 aPaiero, SM1 aMarshall, S A1 aPratt, P.D.1 aBuck, M uhttp://www.uoguelph.ca/debu/Insects_Of_Ojibway_Species_List_2008.pdf01773nas a2200181 4500008004100000245012200041210006900163300001200232490000700244520118400251653001601435653001801451100001901469700001601488700002001504700001701524856005001541 2003 eng d00aArthropods associated with above-ground portions of the invasive tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia, in south Florida, USA0 aArthropods associated with aboveground portions of the invasive  a300-3220 v863 a

Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S. T. Blake, the broad-leaved paperbark tree, has invaded ca.
202,000 ha in Florida, including portions of the Everglades National Park. We performed
prerelease surveys in south Florida to determine if native or accidentally introduced arthropods
exploit this invasive plant species and assess the potential for higher trophic levels to
interfere with the establishment and success of future biological control agents. Herein we
quantify the abundance of arthropods present on the above-ground portions of saplings and
small M. quinquenervia trees at four sites. Only eight of the 328 arthropods collected were
observed feeding on M. quinquenervia . Among the arthropods collected in the plants adventive
range, 19 species are agricultural or horticultural pests. The high percentage of rare
species (72.0%), presumed to be transient or merely resting on the foliage, and the paucity
of species observed feeding on the weed, suggests that future biological control agents will
face little if any competition from pre-existing plant-feeding arthropods.

10aMilichiidae10aUnited States1 aCostello, S.L.1 aPratt, P.D.1 aRayamajhi, M.B.1 aCenter, T.D. uhttps://milichiidae.myspecies.info/node/23026