Several surveys are designed, conducted and analyzed each year by Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program managers and state survey coordinators, according to national guidelines and special pest watch lists.
Several surveys are designed, conducted and analyzed each year by Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program managers and state survey coordinators, according to national guidelines and special pest watch lists. Surveys can range in intensity from teams of pest survey specialists inspecting a single location for one day only, to stand-alone traps that are set up in remote locations and inspected for evidence of a specific pest. CAPS hierarchy is a three-tiered system of recommendations and decisions coming from the national, regional and state levels.
Exotic Wood Boring and Bark Beetle Survey
- Anoplophora chinensis – Citrus longhorned beetle
- Anoplophora glabripennis – Asian longhorned beetle
- Hylobius abietis – Large pine weevil
- Ips sexdentatus – Sixtoothed bark beetle
- Ips typographus – European spruce bark beetle
- Megaplatypus mutatus – Ambrosia beetle
- Tetropium castaneum – Black spruce beetle
- Tetropium fuscum – Brown spruce longhorned beetle
- Tomicus destruens – Pine shoot beetle
Corn Commodity Survey
- Amrasca biguttula – Two spot cotton leafhopper
- Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense 16SrXII-B – Australian grapevine yellows
- Gymnandrosoma aurantianum – Citrus fruit borer
- Helicoverpa armigera – Old world bollworm
- Lymantria dispar asiatica
- Oxycarenus hyalinipennis – Cotton seed bug
- Spodoptera litura – Cotton cutworm
- Stenoma catenifer – Avocado seed moth
- Thaumatotibia leucotreta – False codling moth
Cotton Commodity Survey
- Amrasca biguttula – Two spot cotton leafhopper
- Helicoverpa armigera – Old world bollworm
- Oxycarenus hyalinipennis – Cotton seed bug
- Spodoptera litura – Cotton cutworm
- Thaumatotibia leucotreta – False codling moth
Nursery Survey
- Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris
- Yellow peach moth, Conogethes punctiferalis
- Citrus fruit borer, Gymnandrosoma auratianum
- Old world bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera
- Giant African land snail, Lissachatina fulica
- Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula
- Cotton seed bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis
- Cotton cutworm, Spodoptera litura
- Avocado seed moth, Stenoma catenifer
- False codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta
Tomato Commodity Survey
- Autographa gamma – Silver Y moth
- Bactericera cockerelli – Potato psyllid
- Chrysodeixis chalcites – Golden twin spot moth
- Helicoverpa armigera – Old world bollworm
- Neoleucinodes elegantalis – Tomato fruit borer
- Phthorimea absoluta – Tomato leaf miner
- Spodoptera litura – Cotton cutworm
- Thaumatotibia leucotreta – False codling moth