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100 most dangerous invaders
Type of organism Name Photo
Land invertebrates
gypsy moths (European, Asian, pink, nun moth) - Lymantria dispar*, L. mathura*, L. monacha
Land invertebrates
imported fire ants - (red, black) Solenopsis invicta*, S. richteri
Land invertebrates
Japanese beetle -  Popillia japonica*
Land invertebrates
Japanese cedar longhorned beetles -  Callidiellum rufipenne, C. villosulum*
Land invertebrates
khapra beetle -  Trogoderma granarium
Land invertebrates
Mexican bean beetle -  Epilachna varivestis
Land invertebrates
old world bollworm -  Helicoverpa armigera
Land invertebrates
Oriental beetle -  Anomala orientalis
Land invertebrates
plum curculio -  Conotrachelus nenuphar
Land invertebrates
pine shoot beetle -  Tomicus piniperda
Land invertebrates
red haired pine bark beetle -  Hylurgus ligniperda
Land invertebrates
sawyers -  Monochamus urussovi*, M. alternatus*
Land invertebrates
Siberian moth -  Dendrolimus superans
Land invertebrates
silver Y moth -  Autographa gamma
Land invertebrates
spruce bark beetle -  Ips typographus
Fish
Asian carp (bighead, silver) -  Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, H. molitrix
Fish
Atlantic salmon -  Salmo salar
Fish
black carp -  Mylopharyngodon piceus
Fish
muskellunge, northern pike, tiger muskie -  Esox spp.*
Fish
round goby -  Neogobius melanostomas
Fish
ruffe -  Gymnocephalus cernuus
Fish
Shimofuri goby -  Tridentiger bifasciatus
Fish
snakeheads -  Channa spp.
Birds
mute swan -  Cygnus olor
Mammals
feral swine -  Sus scrofa**
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