Archived Species Alerts
Below is a list of archived invasive species alerts.
A species alert is archived when the need for the species to be tagged as an alert species is no longer warranted. This can be for a variety of reasons including:
- the species is now well established and beyond the point of possible eradication from Ireland;
- it is now widespread or;
- the initial incursions were removed/eradicated and there is no longer an imminent threat of introduction.
Common name | Scientific name | Year alert issued | Reason for archive | View original alert |
Horse chestnut leaf-minor | Cameraria ohridella | 2014 | Species is established and widespread | Invasive Species Alert poster |
Harlequin ladybird | Harmonia axyridis | 2010 | Species is established with continuing natural spread | Invasive Species Alert poster |
Bloody-red shrimp | Hemimysis anomala | 2008 | Species widespread throughout Shannon catchment | Aquatic Invasions (2010) Volume 5, Supplement 1: S71-S78 |
Yellow-bellied slider and Red-eared slider turtles | Trachemys scripta species | 2009 | Rapid response to remove the turtles from the open environment has not been initiated | Invasive Species Alert poster |