Marinas and Canals Review FDACS - DPI - CAPS - IMS

Farm Bill Cooperative Agreement 14-8212-0745-CA Why Marinas and Canals?

To monitor locations where invasive species have the potential to enter the state via Florida’s vast maritime systems including: Ports Ship yards Intracoastal Waterway Marinas Canals International Ships Cargo Boats Produce and Food Yachts Commodities

Potential Entrance into Florida Pests of Concern

• Helicoverpa armigera, old world bollworm • Spodoptera litura, rice cutworm • Spodoptera littoralis, Egyptian cotton leafworm • Tuta absoluta, tomato leafminer

• Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, red palm weevil • Rhynchophorus palmarum, palm weevil

Results of the Survey

No pest from the target list or pest of regulatory significance has been detected since the program’s inception. Records Since April 2015

Order: Family: Genus: Species: Common Name: Record Type: County: Method: When: Lindgren Hemiptera Coreidae Leptoglossus zonatus Leaffooted bug County Palm Beach Apr-15 Funnel Trap Black Light Wakulla carneela County Broward Sep-15 Trap Black Light Lepidoptera Pyralidae A Pyralid moth County Monroe Sep-15 Trap Black Light Lepidoptera Pyralidae Chorrera extrincica A Pyralid moth County Miami-Dade Nov-15 Trap Red Palm Lepidoptera Tineidae Dryadaula A dancing moth County Broward Nov-15 Weevil Trap Black Light Lepidoptera Gelechiidae A Gelechiid moth Continental Broward Sep-15 Trap Lindgren Coleoptera Cerambycidae Megacyllene caryae Hickory Borer State Palm Beach Mar-16 Funnel Trap Miami International Boat Show

• About 100,000 visitors every year • International, national and local attendees • “Don’t Pack a Pest” was the major theme • Many attendees stopped to look at display materials • Booth was cooperatively manned throughout the show by personnel from both FDACS and USDA

Looking Forward

• Personnel and resources in the Marinas and Canals survey will be reallocated where appropriate into the High Risk Inspection and Interdiction Stations surveys.

• Surveyors will conduct import and follow up inspections to aid the High Risk Inspection and Interdiction Station surveys.