Non-Native and Invasive Pests

There are many non-native, invasive pests that threaten British Columbia's economy, including the agriculture and forest industries, and the environment. Prevention, early detection, control or eradication of these pests is key to preventing their establishment in BC. Commercial producers and home gardeners alike should be vigilant to help keep BC free of these potentially damaging pests. To help in this effort, report suspected finds to your nearest BCMAL office, or a regional office of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

The following links provide more information on serious pests that have either not been detected in BC (e.g. Plum Pox Virus), or are present but not widely distributed or under official control programs (e.g. gypsy moth). Also refer to the factsheets Invasive Alien Species - No Rest from New Pests and Invasives - Prevention and Early Detection for more information on the threat of non-native pests, and the factsheet Biosecurity Guidelines for information on protecting farms from introduction and spread of plant pests and diseases.

Diseases

Plum Pox Virus	Little Cherry Virus	Eastern Filbert Blight	Blueberry Scorch	Chrysanthemum White Rust
Dutch Elm Disease	Sudden Oak Death	Oak Wilt	Bacterial Ring Rot	Golden Nematode
Ralstonia solanacearum	Phytophthora capsici blight	Grapevine phytoplasmas	Tomato Chlorotic Dwarf Viroid

Insects and other Pests

Gypsy Moth	Oriental Fruit Moth	Apple Maggot	Plum Curculio	Blueberry Maggot
Balsam Woolly Adelgid	Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle	Japanese Beetle	Pine Shoot Beetle	Asian Long-horned Beetle
Cereal Leaf Beetle	Daylily Midge	European Chafer	European Brown Garden Snail	Emerald Ash Borer
Apple Clearwing Moth