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efsa-plants.bsky.social
We're excited to announce our new @efsa.europa.eu thematic account dedicated to #PlantHealth
we will speak about #PlantPests, #PestRiskAssessment and the outputs of our activity on this topic

@fao.org
@ec.europa.eu
@epponews.bsky.social
@euenvironment.bsky.social
@euagroforestry.bsky.social
Spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)
December 20, 2024 at 8:55 AM
suzannevtw.bsky.social
Okay, who needs to see some #Spittlebugs before bedtime on #Stunday! #Gardening with dirty and soaking wet fingers! #BugSky #Spring #VT #PlantPests
June 8, 2026 at 2:01 AM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
#celebrate with @efsa.europa.eu the 12 May
🌳 #PlantHealthDay 🌿

Join with us the @fao.org event online! ▶️https://www.fao.org/plant-health-day/en

#PestRiskAssessment
#PlantPests
@coretext.bsky.social
@rsb.org.uk
@cgiar-emd.bsky.social
@sparccle.bsky.social
@bmel.de
@igzleibniz.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
plantedprincess.bsky.social
Found spider mites a couple days ago 🤢

Guess who’s bug free now after a deep deep cleaning 🥹

Giganteum Blizzard new leaf looking very scrumptious!

#houseplants #philodendron #blizzardplant #plantpests
December 23, 2024 at 6:03 PM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Stay updated with our #HorizonScanning Newsletter! Last issue just published 👉 bit.ly/3EwuyWV with a selection of web signals from 1 to 31 December 2024 about #PlantPests.

Find the main news on:
#Agrilusplanipennis
clean plant centers
#Phytopythium helicoides
#Clonostachys rhizophaga

Enjoy!
February 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Did you know about our #interactivedashboard on #HorizonScanning for #PlantPests? You find it here www.efsa.europa.eu/en/powerbi/p...

And for those who didn't manage to participate live to the #webinar, please find the recordings 👉 bit.ly/4h7JER3

#PlantHealth
#Preparedness
#EmergingRisks
January 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Did you miss last month #HorizonScanning newsletter for #EmergingRisks by #PlantPests? click doi.org/10.2903/sp.e...

it is the result of our web-scraping by #EIOS
as the joint effort of @efsa.europa.eu @EU_ScienceHub @anses-fr.bsky.social @who.int

#Colletotrichum #Diaporthe #Popillia #Diaphorina
January 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Grateful to share @efsa.europa.eu #HorizonScanning activity for #PlantHealth at #WOHC2026

#EIOS
#preparedness
#PlantPests
@wohcongress.bsky.social
September 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
friesen5000.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy
These wee beasties (aka Thrips) are making a mess of our house plants. Trying diatomaceous earth for control.
#insects #thrips #houseplants #plantpests
Tiny mottled insects seen through a microscope.
May 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Don't forget to visit our interactive #Dashboard dedicated to the #HorizonScanning findings about #PlantPests
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/powerbi/p...
last update: yesterday
#Brenneria
#Diplodia
#Gibbsiella
#Gilbertella
#Myzus
#Neopestalotiopsis
#Pantoea
#Phyllosticta
#Phytopythium
#Pospiviroid
July 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Don't forget to use our interactive #dashboard to find the last news of the month: click on the flags and you will get details on the original news that was included in our monthly #newsletter.
#HorizonScanning
#PlantPests
#WebScraping
February 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
3rd International Workshop on #HorizonScanning for #PlantPests has just started!
A great program is expecting us
Speaker: Philippe Reignault Director in charge of Plant Health for @anses-fr.bsky.social

event coorganised by
@efsa.europa.eu
@anses-fr.bsky.social
Joint Research Center of @ec.europa.eu
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Find the newsletter of #HorizonScanning for #PlantHealth content in the form of an interactive dashboard here
www.efsa.europa.eu/en/powerbi/p...

and if u miss some clarification on its use..here you have the webinar www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4MA...

#PestRiskAssessment
#EmergingThreats
#PlantPests
January 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
misspingfairy.bsky.social
It has been a very rough week! Mealybugs tried invading but lost the battle AND war! None of the pings were attacked either but everyone got a nice helping of systematic granules! Spraying is also been upped!

#mealybugwar
#notonmywatch
#plantpests
#systematicgranules
January 20, 2025 at 12:15 AM
efsa-plants.bsky.social
Stay updated with our work on #HorizonScanning of #PlantPests! The latest monthly #Newsletter is now online
👉👉 bit.ly/41IdA01

you will get news about 27 pest species, some well known and other representing emerging threats to the #EU

#Neopestalotiopsis concentrica
#Pucciniastrum americanum
#FAW
March 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
epstoa.bsky.social
'The EU needs to be better prepared for new & emerging #PlantPests'

📺Ahead of tomorrow's #STOAPanel in the #EP where they will present their study:

👉Double-interview with Sarah Hackfort & Chiel Scholten @technopolis-group.com: wp.me/panTdn-4BU

#ESMH #pesticide @ep-eprs.bsky.social @linagalvez.eu
© NataliAlba / Adobe stock
May 20, 2026 at 12:54 PM
beverlybambury.com
Help, #PlantSky! Is this thrips damage? I see very tiny insects but they're too small for me to be sure of the details. I've attached the best photo I could get of one or two of them. Thank you so much for any assistance 🙏 #PestId #PlantPests
Damage on a domino cactus An extremely smol insect or mite maybe
May 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
plantcarebasics.bsky.social
The swab stays on the insect until it lets go. It never goes on the leaf.

👉👉👉 See the spacing: https://plantcarebasics.com/how-to-get-rid-of-scale-and-mealybugs-on-a-fiddle-leaf-fig/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fiddle-leaf-fig

#gardening #houseplants #plantpests
Macro view of the removal pass on a fiddle leaf fig stem: a swab presses one darkened flat insect. Macro view of mealybug or scale on a fiddle leaf fig stem: one cottony cluster and three flat bumps. Close-up of the black film on a fiddle leaf fig leaf as a microfiber cloth wipes one clean streak. How to get rid of scale and mealybugs on a fiddle leaf fig: five white cottony patches in the leaf joints.
September 23, 2026 at 2:29 PM
epstoa.bsky.social
🗓️This Thursday 21/5 at 9:30h CEST:

#STOAPanel with:

✅Findings of its technology assessment of an EU digital platform for preventive healthcare #eHealth

✅Study on threats by new & emerging #PlantPests; @technopolis-group.com

📺Info & watch live link.europa.eu/V4nKg4
Next STOA Panel 21 May 2026, 9:30 - 11:30 CET | News | Home | Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) | European Parliament
Project updates, upcoming meetings, announcements and other news of interest to policy-makers, researchers and the public.
link.europa.eu
May 19, 2026 at 9:17 AM
plantcarebasics.bsky.social
One wipe test tells a live snake plant mealybug from a dead mineral fleck or scale.

👉👉👉 See the full removal routine: https://plantcarebasics.com/snake-plant-pests/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=snake-plant-care

#gardening #houseplants #plantpests
How to get rid of bugs on a snake plant: a Dracaena trifasciata with cottony mealybugs and pale stippling. Close-up of a cotton swab lifting a white speck off a snake plant leaf base during the white-dot pest ID check. Close-up of a cotton swab dabbing 70% alcohol on a mealybug cluster during the snake plant pest removal routine. Macro view of a yellow sticky card at the soil line trapping fungus gnats above a snake plant's dry gritty mix.
September 23, 2026 at 1:56 AM
n9urbanjungle.bsky.social
So a pile of cotton buds, a fair few ml of rubbing alcohol, and one mealy bug massacre later, this is the result. It is a good job that he’s gorgeous 🤣
#begonia #BegoniaSinbad #TropicalPlants #HousePlants #PlantPests
August 24, 2026 at 6:44 PM
dailybaltic.com
Estonia monitors four quarantine pests as climate warms #climatechange #Estonia #plantpests
Estonia monitors four quarantine pests as climate warms
Estonian plant protection officials are closely monitoring four quarantine pests whose arrival could cause irreversible damage to forests and home gardens, ERR reports. International trade and a warming climate are bringing new natural threats closer to Estonia. Insects and plant diseases can spr…
www.dailybaltic.com
August 3, 2026 at 9:30 AM
epstoa.bsky.social
🔴Starting soon at 9:30h:

Science & tech #STOAPanel meeting in the #EUParliament, including studies on preventive #eHealth platform & #plantpests

📺Watch live: link.europa.eu/dRQkgj
💬Interview #plant pests study: wp.me/panTdn-4BU

@linagalvez.eu @josecepeda.bsky.social @ivarsijabs.bsky.social
May 21, 2026 at 7:01 AM
acarologiasla.bsky.social
🤯 One of its most fascinating behaviors:
Adult males carry female nymphs with their hind legs and mate with them immediately after they emerge as adults.

Tiny mite, remarkable strategy.

📖 doi.org/10.1007/BF01...

#Acarology #Acari #Mites #Tarsonemidae #PlantPests #CropProtection
March 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
consbiog.bsky.social
In this new article Nardi et al. investigated the role of #trade in elucidating the introductions of insect #plantpests via specific pathways to inform future plant pest #introductionrisks

doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
March 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM