Imported logs are prone to carrying exotic organisms, there is a high risk, coupled with the summer heat, pests occur more frequently. Recently, the quarantine personnel of the Changzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau intercepted a harmful small beetle - black spotted tail beetle in a batch of imported wood in the Port Area of Changzhou Port, which is also the first time in the country to intercept this pest.
On the morning of July 25, quarantine personnel from the Changzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in Jiangsu Province inspected and quarantined a batch of wooden panels from Cameroon. On the 4th of this month, when the quarantine personnel carried out inspection and quarantine in the Ancient Yi Su wood panels from Cameroon, they intercepted a kind of tailless nail, which was identified and reviewed by the phytosanitary laboratory and finally confirmed as a black spotted tail nail.
"Observe its characteristics under the microscope, the existing text material is relatively small, find some data on foreign websites, through the description of its morphological characteristics and the comparison of pictures, and finally determine that it is a black spotted tail nail." After review by the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, it was confirmed that it was the first interception in the country. Lu Miao, a tester in the plant quarantine laboratory of Changzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, told reporters.
According to reports, the black spotted tail beetle is a kind of storage pest, the main harm is rice and other grains, it is also found in the flower center, and it is distributed all over the world. The quarantine personnel immediately sealed the goods and carried out quarantine and pest removal treatment. After passing the hygiene treatment evaluation, the release procedures for the batch of goods were processed.
Liang Xiaosong, deputy chief of the business section of the Changzhou Port Office of the Changzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, told reporters: "There are many ways for pests to be introduced, and there are many types of quarantine for us, and the plate is only a part. There are also some grain and grain at the Changzhou port, as well as some other containers, wooden packaging, and some inbound ships, which may carry some harmful organisms. ”
Inspector Lu Miao said: "We will make it into a specimen, and then upload its corresponding morphological characteristics and pictures to the digital animal and plant inspection database, so that similar insects can be intercepted at other ports for comparison of morphological characteristics." ”
In recent years, the number of primary agricultural products such as timber and grain entering the Changzhou port of Jiangsu has increased year by year. Since 2016, the Changzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau has intercepted a total of 325 species of animal and plant epidemics, a total of 1302 species, of which 8 species of pests were intercepted for the first time.
Liang Xiaosong said: "Especially in the summer, when pests, including pests, occur more frequently, we will increase the rate of inspection. At the same time, the judgment is made according to the system of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Such inspection will greatly increase the detection rate of the epidemic. ”