Marinas and Canals ReviewFDACS - DPI - CAPS - IMS

Farm Bill Cooperative Agreement 14-8212-0745-CA

Why Marinas and Canals?

To monitor locations where invasive insect species have the potential to enter the state via Florida’s vast maritime systems including:

Ports

Ship yards

Intracoastal Waterway

Marinas

Canals

Potential Entrance

into Florida

Ships

Boats

Yachts

International Cargo

Produce and Food

Commodities

Pests of Concern

• Helicoverpa armigera, old world bollworm

• Spodoptera litura, rice cutworm

• Spodoptera littoralis, Egyptian cotton leafworm

• Tuta absoluta, tomato leafminer

• Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, red palm weevil

• Rhynchophorus palmarum, palm weevil

Results of the Survey

No pest from the target list or pest of

regulatory significance has been detected

since the program’s inception.

Records Since April 2015

Order: Family: Genus: Species: Common Name: Record Type: County: Method: When:

Hemiptera Coreidae Leptoglossus zonatus Leaffooted bug County Palm Beach Lindgren

Funnel TrapApr-15

Lepidoptera Pyralidae Wakulla carneela County BrowardBlack Light

TrapSep-15

Lepidoptera Pyralidae A Pyralid moth County Monroe Black Light

TrapSep-15

Lepidoptera Pyralidae Chorrera extrincica A Pyralid moth County Miami-Dade Black Light

TrapNov-15

Lepidoptera Tineidae Dryadaula A dancing moth County Broward Red Palm

Weevil TrapNov-15

Lepidoptera Gelechiidae A Gelechiid moth Continental BrowardBlack Light

TrapSep-15

Coleoptera Cerambycidae Megacyllene caryae Hickory Borer State Palm Beach Lindgren

Funnel TrapMar-16

Miami International Boat Show

• About 100,000 visitors every year

• International, national and local attendees

• “Don’t Pack a Pest” was the major theme

• Many attendees stopped to look at display materials

• Booth was cooperatively manned throughout the show

by personnel from both FDACS and USDA

Looking Forward

• Personnel and resources in the Marinas and Canals

survey will be reallocated where appropriate into the

High Risk Inspection and Interdiction Stations surveys.

• Surveyors will conduct import and follow up inspections

to aid the High Risk Inspection and Interdiction Station

surveys.