Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) seasonal measures will soon apply to targeted goods manufactured in or shipped from target risk countries between 1 September and 30 April.
These measures extend to vessels that berth, load or tranship from target risk countries.
High-risk BMSB season, according to Agriculture Victoria, is the period from September to April each year. The invasive pest is native to China, Japan, Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula. It has since spread to the US and Europe.
These bugs typically hide inside imported shipping containers, machinery, goods and packaging and are 12mm-17mm long, have a brown, shield-shaped body, pale white bands on the antennae and feature a distinctive black and white banding along the body.
They are known to feed on and damage more than 300 types of fruit and crops.
The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry outlines everything you need to know about BMSB including treatment, preparing to import BMSB goods, import scenarios, safeguarding arrangements and more here.
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