Nance, C.E., Powell, E.C., Russell, D., & Halbert, S.E. 2024 Florida’s agricultural inspection stations: focus on intercepting invasive Hemiptera in interstate truck shipments. Florida Entomologist 107(s1): 20240019

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dispersal

economic control

economic importance

Notes: Interceptions at Florida’s agricultural inspection stations can include pests that are not yet present in the United States, such as the armored scale Davidsonaspis aguacatae (Evans, Watson & Miller) (Diaspididae). The data illustrate the importance of interstate highways as a pathway for agricultural pests and of inspection stations as an early warning system for invasive insects. https://doi.org/10.1515/flaent-2024-0019

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