{"id":164422,"date":"2021-10-04T19:22:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T23:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=164422"},"modified":"2021-10-04T19:22:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T23:22:20","slug":"cbp-first-in-the-nation-insect-found-at-mississippi-port-15k-in-pineapples-destroyed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/cbp-first-in-the-nation-insect-found-at-mississippi-port-15k-in-pineapples-destroyed\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP: ‘First In The Nation’ Insect Found at Mississippi Port, $15K In Pineapples Destroyed"},"content":{"rendered":"
GULFPORT, Mississippi \u2013 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists discovered a butterfly larvae pest, informally known as the Saunders 1850, while inspecting a container of pineapples from Costa Rica.<\/p>\n
The larvae was discovered while conducting inspections at the Port of Gulfport on Wednesday, September 2. Due to the potential impact to US Agriculture, the shipment of pineapples, worth $15,000, was destroyed.<\/p>\n
The United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service officially identified the larvae as Ancyluris jurgensenii jurgensenii (Saunders, 1850) (Riodinidae) a reportable and actionable pest as well as a first in the nation find.<\/p>\n