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Caption

Spodoptera frugiperda
(Fall armyworm)

Parthenium hysterophorus
(Parthenium weed)

Phthorimaea absoluta
(Tomato leafminer)

Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense tropical race 4
(TR4)

Pomacea canaliculata
(Apple snail)

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Potamocorbula amurensis (Amur River clam)

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Mamestra brassicae (cabbage moth)

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Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing drosophila)

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Autographa gamma (silver-Y moth)

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Phytophthora stricta

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Ceroplastes destructor (white wax scale)

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Haplorchis pumilio

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