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PaDIS

The Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) provides advisory and identification services on animal and plant pests, weeds and diseases that impact Western Australia's agriculture and food industries. This service plays an important frontline role for the detection and reporting of unfamiliar and potentially damaging pests, weeds and diseases of agricultural and quarantine concern.

Articles

  • Cluster of honey bees

    Bee swarms

    27 November 2013

    The swarming process is part of the natural reproductive life cycle of honey bee colonies.

  • Wild brown duck standing in a patch of green leaf vegetables.

    Insect pests of vegetables

    15 April 2014

    Various insects and mites can damage vegetables in home gardens at all stages of growth.

  • Words 'Pest Detective' and hand drawn illustration of cute looking insects within a magnifying glass.

    Kids make great pest detectives

    17 March 2014

    You’ve probably seen adults stamp their big feet in frustration when they realise bugs have munched through the vegie patch and mould has spoiled their flowers.

  • Cockroach on timber.

    Cockroach control

    28 January 2014

    Cockroaches are primitive and highly successful animals and their general body form has changed little in the past 300 million years.

  • A bumble bee on top of a punnet of raspberries

    Bumble bee

    10 December 2013

    The bumblebee is familiar to many people who have visited Europe and Tasmania however, this ‘cute’ exotic bee could become a serious pest if it is unwittingly introduced to Western Australia.

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