Abstract The scale mealybug, Diaspis echinocacti (Bouché, 1833) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), is one of the main pests of the cactus pear in Brazil. The objective was to study biological aspects of D.

(Washington, D,.C., June XX, 2025) – On June 18, 2025, Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a bold plan to combat New World screwworm (NWS). This plan calls for innovation to eradicate this pest from ...

A federal judge has ordered USDA to re-evaluate the environmental impacts of its grasshopper and Mormon cricket suppression program in the West within two years. The agency’s Animal and Plant […] ...

One of the major pests of nursery seedlings of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) is the green scale, Coccus viridis (Green) (Hemiptera: Coccidae). The main predators of this species are beetles of the family ...

U.S. APHIS invites public comment on draft pest risk assessments for the importation of fresh cucumbers, Oriental melons, turban squashes, and watermelons from South Korea. The assessments evaluate ...

A 17 year old was killed and two others injured in a motorcycle crash on Ratchadaphisek Road in Bangkok. Police are investigating.

APHIS has announced a new quarantine zone in California to address sweet orange scab (SOS), caused by the fungus Elsinöe australis.

We are advising the public that we added El Salvador and Belize to the list of regions Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) considers affected with screwworm. We took these actions ...