HOUSTON -- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the Houston Seaport discovered live larvae in foreign cargo prompting orders to immediately reload the non-compliant dunnage aboard the vessels. CBP agriculture specialists discovered live insect specimens identified as Ips sp. (Curculionidae). These insects are commonly called snout beetles, which are wood-boring pests harmful to forests. Several days later, CBP agriculture specialists discovered more live larvae specimens in IPPC-marked dunnage aboard a vessel carrying cargo from Russia and the Ukraine. The
HOUSTON -- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at the Houston Seaport discovered live larvae in foreign cargo prompting orders to immediately reload the non-compliant dunnage aboard the vessels. CBP agriculture specialists discovered live insect specimens identified as Ips sp. (Curculionidae). These insects are commonly called snout beetles, which are wood-boring pests harmful to forests. Several days later, CBP agriculture specialists discovered more live larvae specimens in IPPC-marked dunnage aboard a vessel carrying cargo from Russia and the Ukraine. These larvae specimens were identified as Cerambycidae sp. of. The members of the Cerambycidae family, commonly called longhorn beetles, lay their eggs in the crevices of bark. The larvae bore holes into the wood. Photo provided by: Customs and Border Protection
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