List of invasive species in Australia explained

See main article: Invasive species in Australia. This is a list of some of the more notable invasive species in Australia.

Species

Plants

See also: List of invasive plant species in New South Wales.

See also: List of invasive plant species in the Northern Territory.

The Australian Weeds Committee maintain a noxious weeds list covering all the states and territories.[1]

Animals

Crustaceans

Insects

Molluscs

Chordates

Fish (Freshwater)

Reptiles & Amphibians

Birds

Mammals

Echinoderms

Fungi and pathogens

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Noxious Weed List for Australian States and Territories . June 2012 . Australian Weeds Committee . 17 February 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070830083549/http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/weednet6.pdf . 30 August 2007 .
  2. http://www.hear.org/pier/species/acacia_farnesiana.htm Acacia farnesiana
  3. Book: Parsons . W.T. . Noxious Weeds of Australia . Cuthbertson . E.G. . . 2001 . 0643065148 . 2nd . Collingwood . 243–245 . en.
  4. http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/weednet6.pdf Noxious weed list for Australian states and territories
  5. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=200&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Andropogon virginicus alien range
  6. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=52&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Ardisia elliptica alien range
  7. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=592&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Berberis thunbergii alien range
  8. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=819&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Brassica tournefortii alien range
  9. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=596&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Bromus rubens alien range
  10. Web site: June 1996 . Rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) in Queensland . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130515185907/http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/documents/Biosecurity_EnvironmentalPests/IPA-RubberVine-PSA.pdf . 15 May 2013 . Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Qld.
  11. http://www.sgaonline.org.au/invasive_hypericumperforatum.html Invasive Plants
  12. Web site: 29 June 2018 . Ox-eye daisy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401081125/https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/topics/animals-and-plants/pest-animals-and-weeds/weeds/widespread-weeds/ox-eye-daisy . 1 April 2019 . 2020-10-10 . NSW Environment, Energy and Science . en.
  13. Amphibalanus improvisus (bay barnacle) . Shalaeva . Ekaterina . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.91903 . en. free .
  14. Carcinus maenas (European shore crab) . Delaney . David . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.90475 . en. free .
  15. Beatty . Stephen John . Morgan . David Lloyd . Gill . Howard . Role of Life History Strategy in the Colonisation of Western Australian Aquatic Systems by the Introduced Crayfish Cherax destructor Clark, 1936 . Hydrobiologia . October 2005 . 549 . 1 . 219–237 . 10.1007/s10750-005-5443-0 .
  16. Web site: Limnoria quadripunctata (gribble) . www.cabi.org . Centre of Agriculture and Biosciences International . 10 October 2020 . en.
  17. http://www.padil.gov.au/viewPestDistribution.aspx?id=290 Cotton whitefly distribution
  18. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=77&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Solenopsis invicta alien range
  19. The population ecology of an invasive social insect, Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera : Vespidae) in South Australia / Marta L Kasper. 2004. Thesis. Kasper. Marta L..
  20. Anderson. Alan. M. Blum . T. Jones . Venom Alkaloids in Monomorium "rothsteini" Forel Repel Other Ants: Is This the Secret to Success by Monomorium in Australian Ant Communities?. Oecologia. 16 June 1991. 88. 2. 157–160. 10.1007/bf00320805. 28312126. 4219770. 1991Oecol..88..157A. 29657887.
  21. Paratrechina longicornis (crazy ant) . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.44709 . en. free .
  22. Anoplolepis gracilipes (yellow crazy ant) . Gunawardana . Disna . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.5575 . en. free .
  23. Web site: 21 June 2023 . Asian honey bee . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231106121713/https://www.business.qld.gov.au/industries/farms-fishing-forestry/agriculture/biosecurity/animals/invasive/restricted/asian-honey-bees . 6 November 2023 . 2024-01-31 . Business Queensland . Queensland Government . en-AU.
  24. Web site: 19 July 2021 . Dengue: virus, fever and mosquitoes . https://web.archive.org/web/20231030124628/https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/diseases/mosquito-borne/dengue/virus-fever . 30 October 2023 . 2024-01-31 . Queensland Health . en-AU.
  25. Aethina tumida . Beverley . Claire . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.3459 . en. free .
  26. Aphis spiraecola (Spirea aphid) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.6221 . en. free .
  27. Bruchophagus roddi (alfalfa seed chalcid) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.10083 . en. free .
  28. Cerataphis lataniae (palm aphid) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.16743 . en. free .
  29. Web site: 30 May 2018 . Fruit fly . 2024-01-31 . Agriculture and Food WA . en.
  30. Corythucha ciliata (sycamore lace bug) . Dominiak . B . Gillespie . P . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.16264 . en. free .
  31. Diuraphis noxia (Russian wheat aphid) . Nematollahi . M. R . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.9887 . en. free .
  32. Euwallacea perbrevis (tea shot-hole borer) . Gomez . Demian F. . Johnson . Andrew J. . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.57163 . en. free .
  33. Forficula auricularia (European earwig) . Maczey . N . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.24345 . en. free .
  34. Frankliniella occidentalis (western flower thrips) . Reitz . S . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.24426 . en. free .
  35. Hylurgus ligniperda (red-haired pine bark beetle) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.27364 . en. free .
  36. Idioscopus nitidulus (mango leafhopper) . Ganeswaran . R . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.28472 . en. free .
  37. Linepithema humile (Argentine ant) . Gómez . C . Abril . S . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.30839 . en. free .
  38. Maconellicoccus hirsutus (pink hibiscus mealybug) . Watson . Gillian W . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.40171 . en. free .
  39. Pheidole megacephala (big-headed ant) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.40133 . en. free .
  40. Phylacteophaga froggatti (leafblister sawfly) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.40283 . en. free .
  41. Pineus pini (pine woolly aphid) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.41326 . en. free .
  42. Sitobion miscanthi (indian grain aphid) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.51740 . en. free .
  43. Web site: Chin . Deanna . 7 August 2008 . Ants in the Household and Garden . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170905233218/https://dpir.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/228121/ent220ants20in20the20household20and20garden20factsheet.pdf . 5 September 2017 . Northern Territory Government Factsheet.
  44. News: Fitzgerald . Daniel . Fowler . Courtney . Stanley . Michelle . 2020-04-01 . Fall armyworm outbreak in NT and WA a sign invasive pest is spreading rapidly . 2024-01-31 . ABC News . en-AU.
  45. Spodoptera litura (taro caterpillar) . Maes . K . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.44520 . en. free .
  46. Tapinoma melanocephalum (ghost ant) . Lester . P . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.54310 . en. free .
  47. Tremex fuscicornis (Tremex wasp) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.54516 . en. free .
  48. Monomorium destructor (Singapore ant) . Hoffmann . Ben . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.34581 . en. free .
  49. Vespula vulgaris (wasp, common) . Beggs . Jacqueline . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.56675 . en. free .
  50. Web site: 2016-04-18 . Electric ant . 2024-01-31 . Business Queensland . en-AU.
  51. Pyrrhalta luteola (elm leaf beetle) . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.44619 . en. free .
  52. Xyleborinus saxesenii (fruit-tree pinhole borer) . CABI . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.57038 . en. free .
  53. Web site: 30 January 2008 . Common white snail or Mediterranean white snail . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090928130434/http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/Attachments/LBUN-74L3NM/$FILE/white%20snails%20C%20virgata%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf . 28 September 2009 . Tasmania DPIW Fact Sheet.
  54. Baker . G. H. . 2008-11-06 . The population dynamics of the mediterranean snails Cernuella virgata, Cochlicella acuta (Hygromiidae) and Theba pisana (Helicidae) in pasture–cereal rotations in South Australia: a 20-year study . Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture . en . 48 . 12 . 1514–1522 . 10.1071/EA08031 . 1446-5574.
  55. Helicidae and Hygromiidae as Pests in Cereal Crops and Pastures in Southern Australia. In Baker, G.M. Molluscs as Crop Pests CABI, 2002.. p.193.
  56. Cornu aspersum (common garden snail) . Cowie . R . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.26821 . en. free .
  57. Deroceras invadens (tramp slug) . Anderson . Roy . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.121099 . en. free .
  58. Deroceras laeve (meadow slug) . Anderson . Roy . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.85751 . en. free .
  59. Magallana gigas (Pacific oyster) . Bonham . Vicki . Goulletquer . Philippe . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.87296 . en. free .
  60. http://www.marine.csiro.au/crimp/nimpis/spSummary.asp?txa=6146 Musculista senhousia species summary
  61. Web site: Home | Phytosanitary Alert System .
  62. Theba pisana (white garden snail) . Cowie . Rob . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.62094 . en. free .
  63. Acanthogobius flavimanus . Siriwardena . Sunil . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.95431 . en. free .
  64. Astronotus ocellatus (oscar) . Maddern . Mark . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.92671 . en. free .
  65. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=368&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Carassius auratus alien range
  66. http://www.invasiveanimals.com/invasive-animals/fish/european-carp/index.html Common carp
  67. http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2397.html Noxious fish species in Queensland
  68. http://www.vic.waterwatch.org.au/file/inform/Oriental%20Weather%20loach.pdf Oriental weatherloach
  69. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=103&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Oncorhynchus mykiss alien range
  70. http://www.invasiveanimals.com/invasive-animals/fish/tilapia/index.html Economic and environmental impacts caused by tilapia
  71. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=548&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Perca fluviatilis alien range
  72. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=78&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Salmo trutta alien range
  73. Xiphophorus maculatus (southern platyfish) . Maddern . Mark . 2022-01-07 . 10.1079/cabicompendium.59752 . en. free .
  74. Web site: Asian house gecko. Fisheries. Agriculture and. 2016-04-18. www.business.qld.gov.au. en-AU. 2019-11-25.
  75. Web site: Asian House Gecko . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180208161517/https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Reptiles/Geckos/Asian+House+Gecko#.XdvHv7d_UTQ . 8 February 2018 . 2019-11-25 . Queensland Museum.
  76. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/cane-toad/ The feral cane toad
  77. Web site: Cane toad. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-25.
  78. Web site: Red-eared Slider Turtles in Australia and New Zealand. 2010-11-16. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-25.
  79. Web site: Red-eared slider turtle. Fisheries. Agriculture and. 2016-04-18. www.business.qld.gov.au. en-AU. 2019-11-25.
  80. Tingley. Reid. Weeks. Andrew R.. Smart. Adam S.. van Rooyen. Anthony R.. Woolnough. Andrew P.. McCarthy. Michael A.. 2015-01-01. European newts establish in Australia, marking the arrival of a new amphibian order. Biological Invasions. en. 17. 1. 31–37. 10.1007/s10530-014-0716-z. 1573-1464. 11343/216887. 18950725. free.
  81. Web site: Smooth newt. Department of Economic Development. Jobs. agriculture.vic.gov.au. en-AU. 2019-11-26.
  82. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=108&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Acridotheres tristis alien range
  83. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=1052&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Columba livia alien range
  84. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=420&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Passer domesticus alien range
  85. Web site: West . Peter . October 2011 . National mapping of the abundance of established, new and emerging pest animals to improve decision-making and the assessment of government investment programs STAGE 2: INTRODUCED PEST BIRDS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170828190546/http://www.pestsmart.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/PWest2011_Mapping_PEST_BIRDS.pdf . 28 August 2017 . 28 August 2017 . Australian Pest Animal Research Program . NSW Department of Primary Industries.
  86. Web site: Gallus gallus . 2024-01-31 . GLOBAL INVASIVE SPECIES DATABASE.
  87. Cunningham . Calum X. . Prowse . Thomas A. A. . Masters . Pip . Cassey . Phillip . 2016-07-21 . Home range, habitat suitability and population modelling of feral Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia . Australian Journal of Zoology . en . 64 . 2 . 107–116 . 10.1071/ZO15045 . 1446-5698.
  88. Web site: Banteng. Government. Northern Territory. 2015-08-18. nt.gov.au. en. 2019-11-22.
  89. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/buffalo/index.html The feral water buffalo
  90. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/camel/ The feral camel
  91. Web site: Feral Camel. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  92. Web site: Wild dog. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  93. Web site: Feral goat. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  94. Web site: Cervus elaphus (red deer). www.cabi.org. en. 2019-11-22.
  95. Web site: Red deer in Australia . 2019-11-22 . DeerScan.
  96. Web site: Wild deer. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  97. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/horse/index.html Feral horse and feral donkey
  98. http://www.feral.org.au/content/species/species.cfm Feral.org.au
  99. Web site: Feral horse. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  100. Web site: Feral cat. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  101. Web site: Lepus europaeus (European hare). www.cabi.org. en. 2019-11-22.
  102. Web site: House mouse. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  103. Web site: European rabbit. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  104. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=159&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Rattus norvegicus alien range
  105. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=19&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Rattus rattus alien range
  106. Web site: Feral pig. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  107. http://www.invasiveanimals.com/invasive-animals/ Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre of Australia
  108. http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/fox/index.html European red fox
  109. Web site: European fox. PestSmart Connect. 2019-11-22.
  110. Web site: Northern palm squirrel. www.agric.wa.gov.au. en. 2019-11-22.
  111. Web site: Chital deer in Australia . 2019-11-22 . DeerScan.
  112. Web site: Hog deer in Australia . 2019-11-22 . DeerScan.
  113. Web site: Rusa deer in Australia . 2019-11-22 . DeerScan.
  114. Web site: Fallow deer in Australia . 2019-11-22 . DeerScan.
  115. Web site: Sambar deer in Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20190228064807/https://www.feralscan.org.au/deerscan/pagecontent.aspx?page=sambardeer . 28 February 2019 . 2019-11-22 . DeerScan.
  116. http://www.issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=82&fr=1&sts=tss&lang=EN Asterias amurensis alien range
  117. https://web.archive.org/web/20070911085903/http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/c-disease/pubs/c-disease.pdf Amphibian Chytrid Fungus Disease