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invasive species…..

that is not native to a specific location 


Monophagous the most extreme case being species that can only eat one specific type of food), 
Monophagous koala, which subsists almost entirely on eucalyptus leaves.
Oligophagy refers to the eating of only a few specific foods.
Invertebrates
Insects and arachnids
Agricultural and domestic arthropods

 Examples of agricultural and horticultural insect pests include:


o aphids and other Hemipteran pests,
o thrips,
o Lepidopteran, Dipteran, and Coleopteran larvae,
o spider mites,
o locusts and crickets.
 Ants, cockroaches, flies and wasps
 Termites, woodworm and wood ants cause structural damage
 Bookworms, silverfish, carpet beetles and clothes moths cause non-structural damage

Ectoparasites

 Chiggers cause skin irritation


 Sarcoptes scabiei causes scabies
 Ticks and mites cause irritation and can spread disease
 Lice, fleas and bed bugs can all cause skin irritation
 Mosquitoes, tsetse flies and kissing bugs cause irritation and carry disease

Nematodes

 Root-knot nematode
 Soybean cyst nematode
 Potato cyst nematode
Gastropod molluscs[edit]
These include slugs and land snail pests:
Some slugs are pests in agriculture and gardens.[4] Deroceras reticulatum is a worldwide slug pest.
[4]
 Local importance slug pests include: Deroceras spp.,[4] Milax spp.,[4] Tandonia sp.,[4] Limax spp.,
[4]
 Arion spp.[4] and some species of Veronicellidae:[4] Veronicella sloanei.[9]

 Cornu aspersum damages citrus fruits in California,[4]


 Cernuella virgata, Theba pisana and Cochlicella spp. decrease quality of grains when harvested
with the product in South Australia.[4]
 Achatina fulica damages vegetables and ornamental plants in the Pacific region.
 Succinea costaricana damages ornamental plants in Costa Rica.[10]
 Ovachlamys fulgens damages ornamental plants and orchids in Costa Rica. [11]
 Other pest species include Amphibulima patula  dominicensis,[9] Zachrysia
provisoria[9] and Bradybaena similaris.[9]

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