Featured species

Channa punctata (spotted snakehead)

Although other snakehead species such as Channa striatus and Channa argus argus have been considered invasive, the spotted snakehead has not been...

Aproceros leucopoda (elm zigzag sawfly)

Elm zigzag sawfly is considered a minor pest within its native range in East Asia, but since first arriving in Hungary and Poland in 2003 the sawfly...

Ictalurus punctatus (channel catfish)

I. punctatus, commonly known as the channel catfish, is a long slender fish with a native range extending from southern Canada and central USA to...

Clarias batrachus (walking catfish)

Originating in South-East Asia, C. batrachus, the walking catfish, has been introduced throughout the world for the purposes of aquaculture and as an...

Ceratitis capitata (Mediterranean fruit fly)

C. capitata is a highly invasive species. It has a high dispersive ability, a very large host range and a tolerance of both natural and cultivated...

Rhynchophorus palmarum (South American palm weevil)

Since the beginning of twentieth century R. palmarum has been reported as one of the most important pests on ornamental palms and on oil palms,...

Artemia (brine shrimp)

Though deliberate inoculation of Artemia has been practised since the late 1970s (often in areas where no autochthonous Artemia was present), it is...

Ruditapes philippinarum (Japanese carpet shell)

R. philippinarum is a marine bivalve mollusc with a solid broadly oval shell on which radiating ribs and concentric grooves make the posterior area...

Homalodisca vitripennis (glassy winged sharpshooter)

In economic terms, grapes are worth US $3.2 billion and associated economic activity exceeds US $33 billion in California. In addition, crops such as...

Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (mulberry scale)

Crop losses caused by P. pentagona are difficult to assess. Trees lose vigour, and their lives are shortened. When P. pentagona becomes newly...