USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is a multi-faceted Agency with a broad mission area that includes protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural health, regulating genetically engineered organisms, administering the Animal Welfare Act and carrying out wildlife damage management activities. These efforts support the overall mission of USDA, which is to protect and promote food, agriculture, natural resources and related issues. To protect agricultural health, APHIS is on the job 24 hours a day, 7 days a week working to defend America’s animal and plant resources from agricultural pests and diseases. In the event that a pest or disease of concern is detected, APHIS implements emergency protocols and partners with affected States to quickly manage or eradicate the outbreak. This aggressive approach has enabled APHIS to successfully prevent and respond to potential pest and disease threats to U.S. agriculture. |
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1148138 | cogongrass | Imperata cylindrica | wetblade mower |
| 1151005 | cogongrass | Imperata cylindrica | |
| 1149057 | small broomrape | Orobanche minor | Flame control |
| 1148088 | witchweed | Striga asiatica | spraying for witchweed control |
| 1151079 | giant hogweed | Heracleum mantegazzianum | |
| 1148141 | cogongrass | Imperata cylindrica | wetblade mower |
| 1149210 | witchweed | Striga asiatica | Witchweed sprayer |
| 1149096 | goatsrue | Galega officinalis | |
| 1149105 | Japanese dodder | Cuscuta japonica | Flame treatment |
| 1149095 | goatsrue | Galega officinalis | handgun spraying |
| 1149058 | small broomrape | Orobanche minor | fumigation tarping |
| 1149094 | goatsrue | Galega officinalis | |
| 1149106 | Japanese dodder | Cuscuta japonica | Flame treatment |
| 2652062 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Aerial spray operations- ground support personnel using hand held wind goose to monitor wind speed. Usually no pesticides are applied by air when wind exceeds 8 mph. This is done to prevent drift of pesticide away from target area. |
| 2651001 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | brightly colored ballons deployed in air to mark spray boundary to assist helicopter pilots |
| 5392793 | Asian longhorned beetle | Anoplophora glabripennis | setting up for removal of infested trees; compare to image 5392794 |
| 5392794 | Asian longhorned beetle | Anoplophora glabripennis | tree after infested trees were removed. Compare to image 5392793. |
| 4387086 | tropical soda apple | Solanum viarum | PPQ officier Derrick McNeal using brush hook. No herbicide was used on the dairy farm by PPQ in Appling County, Georgia |
| 4387076 | tropical soda apple | Solanum viarum | Bacon County, Georgia field at Lee Meats. Plants sprayed by Dr. Clyde Dowler using Grazon P&D during field testing in a field north of the slaughter house. In foreground is manure, spread in field. |
| 4387074 | tropical soda apple | Solanum viarum | Lemuel Screws farm, Newton, Baker County, Georgia site where TSA first reported. Spots where cattleman had used Roundup in pasture to kill TSA |
| 4387075 | tropical soda apple | Solanum viarum | Newton, Ga.; Lemuel Screws burn pit -he had carried TSA plants to pit (deep/straight sides) across road from house. No TSA was ever found growing near the pit. |
| 5369528 | plant succession | 2007; Steep slope with mixture of plants after control of invasives | |
| 5369539 | gardens | 2007; Johnson grass and other invasives received one treatment with glyphosate in small part of former pasture. Garden hand dug and planted with berries and vegetables. | |
| 5369540 | oriental bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus | Restored pasture in foreground was spot treated with herbicide and hand mowed. Cut and stump treated Oriental bittersweet vines are on trees in the background. |
| 5369541 | oriental bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus | Vines were cut and stumps brushed. The red maple is dying of disease not herbicide. |
| 5369546 | oriental bittersweet | Celastrus orbiculatus | 2007; Stairs built on steep slope for access to garden and trail with invasive plants |
| 5369547 | gardens | 2007; Non-native white butterfly bush with swallowtail butterfly. Dead flowers should be cut to prevent seeds from forming. Untreated larval host plants such as parsley should be planted nearby. | |
| 1149129 | hydrilla | Hydrilla verticillata | sprayer |
| 1416025 | toadflax flower-eating beetle | Brachypterolus pulicarius | |
| 1149181 | witchweed | Striga spp. | pulled from corn field |
| 1148139 | cogongrass | Imperata cylindrica | wetblade mower |
| 1148140 | cogongrass | Imperata cylindrica | wetblade mower |
| 1149085 | goatsrue | Galega officinalis | |
| 1148137 | cogongrass | Imperata cylindrica | Art Miller, USDA APHIS PPQ, spraying herbicide |
| 1148033 | red imported fire ant | Solenopsis invicta | tractor application |
| 1148039 | red imported fire ant | Solenopsis invicta | bait |
| 2652060 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | spray card to monitor pesticide spray pattern |
| 2652089 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Port of Tacoma, domestic logs floated down river and exported out of country |
| 2652090 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Tacoma- loading logs for export on SCA barges |
| 2652091 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | logs for export being loaded on ship |
| 2652098 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | ground support personnel preparing balloons for use in aerial spray operations-helium balloons used to mark spray boundaries and sensitive sites to assist pilots of spray helicopters |
| 2652099 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | ground support personnel preparing balloons for use in aerial spray operations-helium balloons used to mark spray boundaries and sensitive sites to assist pilots of spray helicopters |
| 2652100 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | ground support personnel preparing balloons for use in aerial spray operations-helium balloons used to mark boundaries and sensitive sites to assist pilots of spray helicopters |
| 2651006 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | spray helicopter used on project; note large spray booms not seen on observation helicopters |
| 2651007 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | close-up view of spray boom of spray helicopter; objects attached to boom are spray nozzles which put out a fine mist of pesticide |
| 2651008 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | loading spray helicopter with fuel and pesticide between flights - spraying usually starts at dawn and continues as long as weather permits each day |
| 2651009 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | spray helicopter preparing loading zone to begin spraying-usually several helicopters fly in formation to apply wide, even swaths of chemical |
| 2651010 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | spray helicopter viewed from ground |
| 2651011 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | spray helicopter flying over urban area-note second helicopter flying in formation in background |
| 2652038 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Aerial treatment operations- fixing wing aircraft applying pesticide over forest |
| 2652039 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Aerial treatment operations-Kytons (helium filled mini-blimps) are used to mark spray boundaries and sensitive sites for aircraft applying pesticides. |
| 2652040 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Ground treatment operations- truck mounted mist blower treating trees. This powerful spray can reach up into crowns of 50 ft. trees |
| 2652054 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Ground spray operations-In January pesticides will be applied using ground spray rig; shown in background. |
| 2652055 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | ground spray operations - truck mounted mist blower used for applying pesticide |
| 2652056 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | aerial spray operations - yellow helium balloon used to mark spray boundaries; serve as reference points for pilots operating spray aircraft |
| 2652057 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | aerial spray operations -helicopter with booms spraying over an urban area; ground support for helicopter in white truck, usually communicate over radios-help pilots assess application of pesticides and environmental conditions |
| 2652058 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | helicopter spraying pesticide over wooded area |
| 2652059 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | aerial spray operations - helicopter spraying pesticide over mountainous area |
| 2651002 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Forest Service personnel used to support spray operations-communicate via radio with spray pilots about weather conditions and other needs |
| 2651003 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | in addition to observation and direction provided from ground personnel, other support comes from observers riding in helicopters above spray helicopters |
| 2651004 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | careful coordination is needed to insure safe and accurate pesticide applications-everyone needs to know what others are doing |
| 2651005 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | maps indicating spray blocks are used by pilots of observation and spray helicopters- help coordinate pesticide applications |
| 2652063 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | aerial spray operations ground support personnel using a dye card to check pesticide deposition-helicopter in background |
| 2652064 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | aerial spray operations - ground support personnel using dye card to check pesticide deposition-helicopter in background |
| 2652088 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Port of Tacoma, Washington, where Asian gypsy moth were detected in 1991-resulting in 3 yrs. eradicaion project costing about $20 million US |
| 2652061 | gypsy moth | Lymantria dispar | Use of dye to monitor spray application and deposition. |
