MyPestGuide ®DPIRD’s
MyPestGuide® family of apps, which includes a
MyPestGuide® Reporter app developed by DPIRD staff in collaboration with ngperceptive in 2017, are key agtech tools for exotic insect pest surveillance.
These are particularly used for biosecurity and early detection of pests. They also allow users to get information about any pests they find anywhere — in their gardens, backyard sheds, the orchard, or the farm paddock — in a timely manner.
The MyPestGuide® Reporter app is the tool used for DPIRD’s biosecurity ‘blitzes’. This includes the
Pantry Blitz, which sees participants place traps in their pantry cupboards to ascertain what pests are in there, providing the opportunity for early detection of exotic pests.
Biosecurity BlitzThere is also the 2022 TREEmendous
Biosecurity Blitz, which is a month-long campaign aimed at encouraging everyone to look for and report as many tree pests and disease symptoms or damage as possible. The TREEmendous Biosecurity Blitz starts soon and will take place between 24 September and 24 October. For enquiries, email
mypestguide@dpird.wa.gov.auPestFacts WA ReporterThe PestFacts WA Reporter app is another reporting tool that was created specifically for producers to report and request identification, via department experts, of pests and diseases foundin crops, vineyards, horticultural areas and pasture paddocks.
To learn more about the exotic pests (essentially, introduced species that do not naturally occur in WA) that pose the greatest threat, visit our
Priority hitchhiking pests for WA webpage, and download the
Biosecurity advice document for information on Federal and State Government responsibilities and contact details.
Become part of WA’s pest monitoring and surveillance community and support local biosecurity today!