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Bed Bugs Return to USDA Pest Agency as Staff Are Told to Report to Office

This staff-safety issue could hinder APHIS's ability to respond to animal and plant disease outbreaks.

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USDA Flags Rising Spread of Asian Needle Ant Across 20 States

Asian Tiger Mosquito Established in Nuremberg, Forchheim and Wunsiedel

Utrecht Ends Asian Hornet Eradication, Moves to Targeted Control in 2026

Ohio Imposes Statewide Quarantine on Spotted Lanternfly

UK Issues Asian Hornet Alert After First Confirmed Nest in Wales

Auckland Hornet Hunt Advances After 43 Queens Found as Wales Confirms First Nest

U.S. Sets New Conditions, Keeps Border Shut to Mexican Cattle

Michigan Confirms Spotted Lanternfly in Jackson County as 2025 Monitoring Wraps

France Confirms First Pine Wood Nematode Outbreak, Sets 20 km Control Zone in Landes

Mexico Confirms Cattle Screwworm Case in Querétaro, Contained Under Emergency Protocols

Spotted Lanternfly Spread Accelerates in Ohio With Cincinnati Detections and New Quarantines

UK Confirms Record Asian Hornet Surge in 2025 With 104 Sightings and 82 Nests Destroyed

Freiburg Imposes Watering Ban as Germany Urges Public to Report Invasive Japanese Beetle

Ireland Confirms Second Asian Hornet Nest in Cobh After Cork City Removal

Rhineland-Palatinate Imposes Buffer-Zone Order as Germany Expands Response to Japanese Beetle

Officials Warn of Potential Spotted Lanternfly Encounters at the US Open

Asian Hornet Sightings Soar to Record Levels in UK

Drones Deliver Millions of Wolbachia Mosquitoes to Curb Avian Malaria Threat to Honeycreepers

Freiburg Beetle Spike Prompts Expanded Containment Measures in Baden-Württemberg