IPRL results from Old World Climbing Fern (Lygodium Microphyllum).

Lygodium Mite

Floracarus perrepae

Brown Lygodium Moth

Neomusotima conspurcatalis

Picture of biocontrol site below shows damage from Neomusotima conspurcatalis larvae and Floracarus perrepae mites with a slow regrowth. Biocontrol inhibits rachis growth 66% in Summer and 75% in Spring. Damage found from Miami Dade through Kissimmee River Valley.

no biocontrol

biocontrol present

For more details please reference links to publication below:

Defoliation of the invasive fern Lygodium microphyllum by Neomusotimana conspurcatalis: Effects on plant performance across a range of light conditions.

Wind speed predicts population dynamics of the eriophyid mite Floracarus perrepae on invasive Old World climbing fern (Lygodium microphyllum) in a shade house colony

Field Guide for the Biological Control of Weeds in Eastern North America/Lygodium microlhyllum