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Pest Information

The following is a list of plant pests that you may encounter in Maine. Click on the pest to get more information about it. Those denoted with an asterisk (*) are considered exotic and may pose a threat to Maine's plant industry.

 

Insects

Diseases

Weeds

Other

 

 

Insects

Asian longhorned beetle*
Bark beetles (exotic)*
Black vine weevil
Brown marmorated stink bug*
Columbine sawfly
Emerald ash borer*
European crane fly*
European wood wasp*
Gypsy moth (European)
Hemlock woolly adelgid
Japanese beetle
Leek moth*
Lily leaf beetle
Pine shoot beetle
Rose chafer
Rose stem girdler
Roundheaded apple tree borer
Soybean aphid
Soybean pod borer*
Swede midge*
Viburnum leaf beetle
Woodboring beetles (exotic)*

Diseases

Chrysanthemum white rust*
Daylily rust
European larch canker
Hosta virus-x
Soybean rust*

Weeds (invasive or noxious)

Aquatic invasive plants
Japanese knotweed
Barberry
Giant hogweed
Purple loosestrife

Other

Giant African Land Snails

 

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Related Links

• Maine Entomological Society
• National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS)
• University of Maine Cooperatice Extension
• USDA-APHIS-PPQ

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