What's New in Kentucky
The National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) consolidates the plant pest survey data gathered through the USDA's Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) program as well as other invasive pest surveys. NAPIS currently has 1.3 million records on more than 3800 different organisms including insects, pathogens, weeds, and biological control organisms. Pest Tracker is the public access web site of the NAPIS system.
Follow the link below to get the latest pest information about Kentucky and state survey maps from Pest Tracker on NAPIS.
Pest Tracker State Information: Kentucky
Below is a list of the most recent finds of invasive pests in Kentucky.
The pest name is a link which will take you to a page with more information on the pest.
- First detected in Kentucky in 2019.
- First detected in Kentucky in 2015.
- First detected in Kentucky in 2009.
- First detected in Kentucky in 2006.
- A few individuals are captured in Kentucky each year, but they are no populations established in the state.
- Mounds are detected and eradicated in western Kentucky periodically. They are not known to be established in the state.