INVASIVE SPECIES

MEXICAN FRUIT FLY

• Original habitat: Mexico
• Migrates into southern Texas from Mexico
• Larvae attack at least 60 varieties of fruit, particularly citrus and mangoes
• It's spreading

GIANT AFRICAN SNAIL

• It's habitat is Africa
• Imported as pets and for educational purposes
• Causes extensive damage to numerous species of plants and crops
• The population it decreasing

SIREX WOODWASP

• Eurasia
• Accidentally introduced through imported wood products
• Feeds on healthy pine trees and serves as a vector for a fungus that kills pine trees
• It's population is decreasing

PINK BOLLWORM

• eastern Indian Ocean region
• Arrived from northern Mexico naturally or through infested shipments
• It hurts cotton production
• It's population is increasing

CACTUS MOTH

• South America
• Imported to the Caribbean to control prickly
• Feeds on prickly pear cacti
• It's population is increasing

EMERALD ASH BORER

• Eastern Russia, Northern China, Japan, and Korea
• Arrived accidentally in cargo imported from Asia
• Trees lose 30 to 50% of canopy after 2 years infestation and die within 3–4 years
• It's population is increasing

KUDZU BUG

• Asia
• Unknown
• Damages soybeans and other legume crops
• It's population is increasing

CHILI THRIPS

• Southern Asia
• Possibly through infested commodity shipments
• Attacks over 100 crops resulting in defoliation and crop loss

ASIAN TIGER MOSQUITO

• Asia
• Arrived accidentally in tires imported from Asia
• Has aggressive daytime human-biting behavior and ability to vector many viruses

KHAPRA BEETLE

• India
• Usually found in imported cargo at airports and maritime ports
• Destructive pest of grain products and seeds