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CBP agriculture specialists intercepted rare spore spreading seed bugs amid undeclared cypress cones late last year during a routine check of a passenger in transit to Ohio at the Detroit Metro ...

spore-spreading seed bug from the Mediterranean region amid undeclared cypress cones arriving from Jordan late last year. The half-inch-long Orsillus maculatus insects were discovered among fresh ...

ROMULUS, Mich. (WILX) - Agriculture specialists discovered rare spore-spreading seed bugs at Detroit Metro Airport amid undeclared cypress cones arriving from Jordan late last year, according to U ...

Rare spore-spreading seed bugs were intercepted at Detroit Metro Airport late last year after they were found on fresh cypress cones that were brought to the U.S. from Jordan for medicinal purposes.

Some cultures use the cones for medicinal purposes. “In Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, direct feeding on cypress seeds has been shown to cause significant damage to cypress plantations and ...

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The Orsillus maculatus was found by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agricultural specialists, arriving in cypress cones from Jordan.