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Pest Survey (CAPS)

exotic pestsThe Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) is a national pest detection program funded through a cooperative agreement between the Maine Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Resources and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS). The goal of the program is to provide an early warning system for pest detection and response that is critical for safeguarding our nation's agricultural and natural resources. Typical surveys target exotic and invasive pests and pests of export significance.

State cooperators (including personnel in the State Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources agencies, the University of Maine, and Cooperative Extension) and USDA personnel conduct pest surveys throughout the State of Maine.  Data collected from these surveys are organized and stored in the National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) database, which is accessible to the public and provides a wealth of information on exotic pests and pests of export significance.  

Survey activities in Maine for 2011 focus on the following activities:

Exotic Woodboring and Bark Beetle Survey

Common Name Scientific Name
Black Spruce Beetle Tetropium castaneum
Brown Spruce Longhorned Beetle Tetropium fuscum
Eur. Hardwood Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron domesticum
European Spruce Bark Beetle Ips typographus
Goldspotted Oak Borer Agrilus coxalis
Japanese Pine Sawyer Beetle Monochamus alternatus
Lesser Spruce Shoot Beetle Hylurgops palliatus
Mediterranean Pine Engraver Orthotomicus erosus
Pine Shoot Beetle Tomicus destruens
Pine Shoot Beetle (PSB) Tomicus piniperda
Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle Hylurgus ligniperda
Sirex Woodwasp Sirex noctilio
Sixtoothed Bark Beetle Ips sexdentatus
Sixtoothed Spruce Bark Beetle Pityogenes chalcographus


 

To read more about the national CAPS program, please visit the USDA-APHIS site.