EAB 1st Detectors Invasive Species – Coming to America

HMS Weeds

EAB 1st Detectors Exotic insects - a growing problem

>1,554 exotic insect species in U.S.

>4,500 exotic arthropod species in U.S.

Increase due to international trade and travel

From R. Venette, USDA FS

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•Plants•aquatic•terrestrial

•Animals•insects•fish•amphibians•birds•mammals

•Pathogens

Invasive species – not just insects

EAB 1st Detectors Meaning of “Invasive”

Species non-native to an environment may be called: Alien Exotic Introduced

If they also cause harm to the economy, environment and / or human health they are called: Invasive

Native species are not called invasive even if they do cause harm

Polydrusus spp.

Steve Katovich USDA Forest Serivce

Jeff Hahn, University of Minnesota

Emerald ash borer

Bronze birch borer

Steve Katovich USDA Forest Serivce

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Plants Cut-leaved teasel Dalmation toadflax Yellow star thistle Grecian foxglove Black swallow-wort Japanese knotweed

Survey Visual surveys

Invasive Species of Concern for Minnesota

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Pathogens / nematodes Potato cyst nematode Soybean rust Sudden oak death

Monitoring Soil / plant tissue collection Laboratory analysis

Invasive Species of Concern for Minnesota

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Insects Emerald ash borer Gypsy moth European woodwasp Light brown apple moth Asian longhorned beetle Exotic bark & ambrosia beetles Swede midge

Survey Traps baited with pheromone or other

attractant

Invasive Species of Concern for Minnesota

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Samples can be sent to: Insects & Plants

"Arrest the Pest" Hotline651-201-6684 - Metro Area 1-888-545-6684 - Greater MinnesotaArrest.The.Pest@state.mn.us

Pathogens U of M Plant Disease Clinic

Notify before sending

What if I Find an Invasive Species of Concern?

EAB 1st Detectors Invasive Species Action Spectrum

Pest Status Action

Absent

Prevention

Early Detection

Present, Not Established Rapid Response

Established Management

EAB 1st Detectors Pest Status = Absent

David R. Lance, USDA APHIS PPQ

Kenneth R. Law, USDA APHIS PPQ

European Woodwasp

Emerald Ash Borer

Asian longhorned beetle

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Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute

Kevin D. Arvin

Pest Status = Present, not established

Gypsy Moth

Japanese Beetle

Pine Shoot Beetle

EAB 1st Detectors Pest Status = Established

Maja Jurc, University of Ljubljana

Steve Katovich, USDA Forest Service

Common Buckthorn

Dutch Elm Disease

White Pine Blister Rust

EAB 1st Detectors Invasive Species Action Spectrum

Pest Status Action

Absent

Prevention

Early Detection

Present, Not Established Rapid Response

Established Management

EAB 1st Detectors Prevention

Education Inform public how

invasive species are moved

Regulation Legal actions such as

inspection and quarantine

EAB 1st Detectors Invasive Species Action Spectrum

Pest Status Action

Absent

Prevention

Early Detection

Present, Not Established Rapid Response

Established Management

EAB 1st Detectors Early Detection

Surveys Risk-based

Monitoring Firewood & Nursery

inspection

Citizen reports First Detector Network Arrest the Pest Hotline

EAB 1st Detectors Invasive Species Action Spectrum

Pest Status Action

Absent

Prevention

Early Detection

Present, Not Established Rapid Response

Established Management

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Emergency Quarantine Stop artificial spread

Delimiting and Investigation Determine the scale Determine the source

Eradication or Suppression Mitigate as able

EAB 1st Detectors Invasive Species Action Spectrum

Pest Status Action

Absent

Prevention

Early Detection

Present, Not Established Rapid Response

Established Management

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Silvicultural Sanitation

Biological Control Parasitoids, etc.

Chemical Control Aerial sprays, etc

Others

Linda Haugen, USDA FS

Scott Bauer USDA ARS