Pests & Diseases News
Eradication of the Southern Saltmarsh Mosquito (SSM) Aedes camptoryhnchus from the saltmarsh habitat found at Shakespear Park on the Whangaparaoa peninsula has been completed.
New Zealand has been granted neglible BSE risk disease status at the 75th General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), held in Paris last week.
Biosecurity New Zealand will run a didymo North Island find simulation exercise based in Taupo on Thursday May 31.
The single Asian Tiger Mosquito trapped at the Ports of Auckland near Quay Street in March was not evidence of an established population of the potentially disease-carrying insects, and no more have been detected despite extensive efforts, Biosecurity New Zealand announced today.
Northland's devastating floods have delayed research and local meetings Biosecurity New Zealand had planned to learn more about an Australian sea squirt which bloomed in the Bay of Islands late this summer.
MAF Biosecurity New Zealand is examining ways to enhance border security after the detection in the Cook Islands of a vineyard pest, the Glassywinged Sharpshooter.
A virus causing deformed wings (DWV) in bees has been identified on two properties in Northland and Waikato, Biosecurity New Zealand confirmed today.
Varroa bee mite education workshops for South Island beekeepers began in Nelson this week.
A mosquito caught in a trap at Shed 8 at the Ports of Auckland on March 1 has been confirmed as an Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus) and the Ministry of Health's initial response handed over to MAF Biosecurity New Zealand.
Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta~fire ants) have been located on board a yacht moored at Westhaven Marina in Auckland.