Pest report November 2015 First suspicion of Rhagoletis completa on Juglans regia in a private garden

This report concerns the first suspicion of two findings of Rhagoletis completa in the Netherlands on Juglans regia in private gardens in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands. The origin of the finding is unknown but probably by natural spread. The organism is listed as a harmful organism in the EU directive 2000/29/EC and is not listed on the EPPO lists.