Pest Tracker
Exotic Pest Reporting
PEST WATCH
This pest presents a significant threat to food or forest plants. Click the photo to learn more about this exotic pest.
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
Have You Seen This Snail?
The Giant African Land Snail (GALS) has been smuggled into the US in the pet trade and for religious purposes. The snail harbors human parasites and damages crops and structures. Florida has been working since 2011 to eradicate this serious pest from Miami. A state program has joined with alert home owners to vanquish the snails. The program has cost Floridians millions of dollars. Canine detectors are being trained to locate snails. It will be years before the snails might be considered eradicated.
Giant African Snail
