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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 B.C. Commercial producers and home gardeners alike should be vigilant to help keep B.C. free of these potentially damaging pests. To help in this effort, report suspected finds to your nearest Ministry of Agriculture 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 B.C. (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 (PDF, 654 KB) and Invasives - Prevention and Early Detection (PDF, 465 KB) 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 Bacterial Ring Rot Blueberry Scorch Chrysanthemum White Rust Dutch Elm Disease Eastern Filbert Blight Little Cherry Virus Potato Cyst Nematodes Grapevine phytoplasmas Oak Wilt Plum Pox Virus Ralstonia solanacearum Phytophthora capsici blight Phytophthora ramorum blight Potato Wart Tomato Chlorotic Dwarf Viroid Insects and other Pests Apple Clearwing Moth Apple Maggot Asian Long-horned Beetle Balsam Woolly Adelgid Blueberry Maggot Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Cereal Leaf Beetle Daylily Midge Emerald Ash Borer European Brown Garden Snail European Chafer Gypsy Moth Japanese Cedar Longhorn Beetle Japanese Beetle Oriental Fruit Moth Pine Shoot Beetle Plum Curculio Spotted Wing Drosophila Swede Midge           Weeds Carpet Burweed Invasive Plant Alert Kudzu Noxious Weeds Weed Alerts Yellow Starthistle For a complete list of pests regulated by British Columbia, please see the Legislation Administered by the Plant Health Program Web page. For a complete list of pests regulated by Canada, please see the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Web site. The British Columbia Plant Protection Advisory Council provides a forum to address plant health and plant quarantine issues of concern to British Columbia. Related Publications: Biosecurity Guidelines (html format) or (PDF, 96 KB) Biosecurity Guidelines for Garden Centers Receiving Insect and Plant Samples from the Public (PDF, 20 KB) Biosecurity Guidelines for the Public Bringing Insect and Plant Samples to Garden Centers (PDF, 28 KB) Invasive Alien Species - No Rest from New Pests PDF, 654 KB) Invasives - Prevention and Early Detection (PDF, 465 KB) Non-Native and Invasive Plant Pests Factsheet (PDF, 167 KB)