PEST WATCH


This pest presents a significant threat to food or forest plants. Click the photo to learn more about this exotic pest.
2013 CAPS SURVEYS
The Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program is sponsored by the Plant Protection and Quarantine division of USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Services. Surveys to detect and prevent the spread of this pest are being supported in the higlighted states.
HELP STOP EXOTIC PESTS
Stopping these
invaders is a
community effort.

SUCCESS STORIES
The Boll Weevil found its way into the United States from Mexico in 1892. This small beetle feeds on the buds and flowers of cotton, infesting nearly all U.S. cotton crops by 1920. The USDA Boll Weevil Eradication Program started in 1978 to help producers recoup some of their estimated $300 million in annual losses to the insect. Boll Weevil has been eradicated in nearly 75% of its range within the U.S.
ASH BORER CONTROL
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