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  • Biosecurity and trade
    • Pests, Diseases and Weeds
      • Report a pest or disease concern
      • Animal pests and diseases
        • Avian influenza (bird flu)
          • Facts about avian influenza
          • Domestic poultry and birds
          • Human health
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          • Contact with wildlife
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          • Travelling with your dog in Australia
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        • Emergency and Exotic Animal Diseases - Bulletins and Alerts
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        • Foot-and-mouth disease
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            • National foot-and-mouth disease vaccination policy
          • Potential for wind-borne spread of FMD in Australia
        • Hendra virus
        • International arrangements for emergency animal disease outbreaks
        • Japanese encephalitis
        • Keeping African swine fever and foot-and-mouth disease out of Australia
          • Non-English speaking background communities and swill feeding project
        • Lumpy skin disease
          • Disease facts
          • Government actions
          • Livestock producers
          • Veterinarians
          • National Action Plan
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        • State and Territory Notifiable Animal Diseases lists
        • Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program
        • White nose syndrome
      • Aquatic animal diseases
      • Bees and bee pests and diseases
        • Honey bee and pollination continuity strategy
          • Statement of research and development priorities
        • Honey bees, crop pollination and varroa mite frequently asked questions
        • Status of Asian honey bee in Australia
      • Exotic weeds
      • Forests and timber: a field guide to exotic pests and diseases
      • Fruit flies in Australia
        • Managing fruit flies in Australia
          • Sterile Insect Technique use in Australia
        • The Smart Fruit Fly Management Measure
          • Fruit fly economic studies
          • Strengthening Australia’s Fruit Fly System Research Program
          • Technical and scientific projects and activities
      • Locusts
        • Australian locusts
          • Locust and grasshopper identification guide
            • Description of adults
              • 1. Australian Plague Locust: Chortoicetes terminifera
              • 2. Spur-throated locust: Austracris guttulosa
              • 3. Migratory locust: Locusta migratoria
              • 4. Small plague grasshopper: Austroicetes cruciata
              • 5. Other Austroicetes species
              • 6. Eastern plague grasshopper: Oedaleus australis
              • 7. Yellow winged locust: Gastrimargus musicus
              • 8. Bermius brachycelus and other Bermius species
              • 9. Giant or Hedge grasshopper: Valanga irregularis
              • 10. Heteropternis obscurella
              • 11. Peakesia hospita and other species
              • 12. Urnisa guttulosa
              • 13. Aiolopus thalassinus
              • 14. Caledia captiva
              • 15. Wingless grasshopper: Phaulacridium vittatum
            • Description of nymphs
              • 1. Australian Plague Locust: Chortoicetes terminifera (nymph)
              • 2. Spur-throated locust: Austracris guttulosa (nymph)
              • 3. Migratory locust: Locusta migratoria (nymph)
              • 4. Small plague grasshopper: Austroicetes cruciata (nymph)
              • 5. Other Austroicetes species (nymph)
              • 6. Eastern plague grasshopper: Oedaleus australis (nymph)
              • 7. Yellow winged locust: Gastrimargus musicus (nymph)
              • 8. Bermius brachycelus and other Bermius species (nymph)
              • 9. Giant or Hedge grasshopper: Valanga irregularis (nymph)
              • 10. Heteropternis obscurella (nymph)
              • 11. Peakesia hospita and other species (nymph)
              • 12. Urnisa guttulosa (nymph)
              • 13. Aiolopus thalassinus (nymph)
              • 14. Caledia captiva (nymph)
              • 15. Wingless grasshopper: Phaulacridium vittatum (nymph)
          • About locusts
          • Australian plague locust
          • History of locust and grasshopper outbreaks in Australia
          • Links to related websites
          • Migratory locust
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        • Current locust situation
        • Role of the Australian Plague Locust Commission
          • APLC documents
          • Area of operation
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          • Locust control agents-livestock and crop residues
          • Reporting locusts
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      • Mouse infestation advice
        • Managing mice on your property
        • Financial assistance and support for farmers
        • Dealing with mice - your physical and mental health
      • Marine pests
        • Marine Pest Sectoral Committee
        • Review of National Marine Pest Biosecurity
          • Marine pest network
        • Emergency Marine Pest Plan
      • Pest animals and weeds in Australia
        • Pest animals in Australia
        • Established weeds
        • Supporting Communities Manage Pest Animals and Weeds Program
        • Environment and Invasives Committee
        • Australia’s carp problem
      • Plant pests and diseases
        • National action plans
        • Banana phytoplasma diseases
        • Barley stripe rust (exotic strains)
        • Bees (Apis spp.) (exotic species)
        • Begomoviruses and vectors (exotic strains and species)
        • Blood disease and moko disease of banana
        • Bursaphelenchus spp. and exotic sawyer beetle vectors
        • ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ complex
        • Citrus canker
        • Dutch elm disease
        • Fire blight
        • Fruit flies (exotic)
        • Grape phylloxera
        • Grapevine leaf rust
        • Huanglongbing and vectors
        • Invasive snails (exotic species)
        • Karnal bunt
        • Khapra beetle
          • Urgent actions to protect against khapra beetle
            • Measures for plant products under the khapra beetle urgent actions
            • Measures for sea containers under the khapra beetle urgent actions
            • Measures for seeds for sowing under the Khapra beetle urgent actions
          • Khapra beetle in imported goods
          • Khapra beetle bulletin
          • The khapra beetle story
        • Longhorn beetles (Anoplophora spp.) (exotic species)
        • Mites of bees (Apis spp.)
        • Myrtle (eucalyptus) rust (exotic strains)
        • Panama disease
        • Phytoplasmas 16Srl group
        • Pine pitch canker
        • Plum pox virus
        • Potato cyst nematode (exotic strains)
        • Potato late blight (exotic strains)
        • Southern armyworm
        • Spongy moth
        • Spotted lanternfly
        • Spotted wing drosophila
        • Stem borers of sugarcane and cereals (Chilo spp.) (exotic species)
        • Stink bugs
        • Sudden oak death (airborne Phytophthora spp.)
        • Texas root rot
        • Tobamoviruses (exotic strains)
        • Ug99 wheat stem rust
        • Xylella and exotic vectors
          • International Symposium on Xylella fastidiosa
      • Protect your animals and plants from pests and disease
        • Biosecurity engagement
        • Plate it. Don’t plant it.
        • Vital information for travelling farm workers
        • Biosecurity videos and audio
        • Biosecurity and farmers' markets

Pests, diseases and weeds

Biosecurity is everyone’s responsibility. Looking out for unusual pests, weeds or diseases can help. Our environment and agriculture rely on our biosecurity system to be strong and resilient to safeguard our economy, cultural heritage and way of life from exotic species.

In this section

  • Animal pests and diseases
  • Aquatic animal diseases
  • Plant pests and diseases
  • Bees and bee pests and diseases
  • Marine pests
  • Weeds
  • Importing live animals and reproductive material
  • Importing plants, grains and horticulture
  • Locusts
  • Mice
  • Biosecurity engagement
  • Avian influenza
  • Fruit flies in Australia
  • Hitchhiker pest program

General enquiries

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Resources

  • Bringing your pets to Australia
  • Protect your animals and plants
  • Pest animals and weeds in Australia
  • Outbreak web​site – prevent, prepare and respond
  • Australia and the World Organisation for Animal Health
  • List of notifiable diseases
  • Animal ​and plant health publications
  • Agricultural pests and feral animals
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