Philadelphia CBP Intercepts New Destructive Invader on Costa Rican Pineapples (26008724845)

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Description: PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed that a long horned beetle that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted in a shipment of Costa Rican pineapples is the first recorded find of this species in the United States. USDA national entomologist confirmed on March 22, 2016, that Philadelphia CBP intercepted the nation's first Ayriclytus macilentus when inspecting a Costa Rican pineapple shipment January 29, 2016. Photo provided by: U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Date: 23 March 2016, 15:31. Source: Philadelphia CBP Intercepts New Destructive Invader on Costa Rican Pineapples. Author: U.S. Customs and Border Protection.