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Contact Information
  • Gaskalla, Richard - State Plant Regulatory Official (352-372-3505)
    • Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state level pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private sector organizations. Also coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.

  • Smith, Trevor - State Survey Coordinator (352-372-3505)
    • Coordinates annual survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.

  • Hornby, Paul - State Plant Health Director (352-313-3040)
    • Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.

  • Restom Gaskill, Douglas - Pest Survey Specialist (941-359-6309)
    • Provides technical support to the SSC in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.

  • Griffiths, Karolynne - Pest Survey Specialist (954-553-9940)

  • Saunders, Brian - Pest Survey Specialist (321-632-5309)

  • Silagyi, Adam - Pest Survey Specialist (352-372-3505)

Latest News

11/16/2009       BioControl Agent Assessment for WaterHaycinth Pest Info
11/09/2009       Annual Meeting Tackles New Angles on Weeds
10/23/2009       USDA Ends Ban on FL Citrus Shipments Pest Info
10/22/2009       CitrusCanker QuarantineRule on Fruit Movement Pest Info
10/21/2009       Citrus Fruit Movement from Quarantined Areas Pest Info
10/12/2009       Medfly Protection Expands to Broward County Pest Info
10/04/2009       Hybrids of Casuarina Found Growing in Florida Pest Info
09/23/2009       Nandina Naughty or Nice Pest Info
09/21/2009       Florida's citrus production falls Pest Info
09/12/2009       Seed Collection Initiative To Help Save Ash Pest Info


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Florida Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Fruit Fly Monitoring Part 1
National Ash Tree Seed Collection Initiative Fruit Fly Monitoring Part 2
Two step method for Fire Ant control Fruit Fly Monitoring Part 3
Citrus Season Begins Under Old Canker Rule Huanlongbing in Florida
Florida Firewood Poster
Cooperative Extension
Southern Plant Diagnostic Network
Florida Pest Alerts
Florida Plant Atlas
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Sciences
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Plant Pathology
Department of Entomology
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
Daylily Rust Information Page
Citrus Canker
Florida State Facts
Pink Hibiscus Mealybug
Mexican Bean Beetle
Extension Publication
USDA Whitefly Knowledge Base
The Global Invasive Species Team - Salt Cedar

CAPS 2009 Survey Targets   
Common Name Scientific Name Options
Asian Gypsy Moth Lymantria diapar (Asian) Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Cotton Cutworm Spodoptera litura Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
European Hardwood Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron domesticum Pest Info | NAPIS Map
European Wood Wasp Sirex noctilio Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Golden Nematode Globodera rostochiensis Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Japanese Pine Sawyer Monochamus alternatus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Lesser spruce shoot beetle Hylurgops palliatus Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Old World Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Pink Gypsy Moth Lymantria mathura Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera pallida Pest Info | NAPIS Map | APHIS-PPQ Page
Red Palm Mite Raoiella indica Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Red-haired Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda Pest Info | NAPIS Map
Wheat Bug Nysius huttoni Pest Info | NAPIS Map