ODA’s Insect Pest Prevention and Management Program works to protect Oregon’s agricultural economy from
insect pests, identify and collect insects, and promote pollinator communities vital to the state’s agricultural and natural landscapes.
Need help identifying an insect? Explore information and resources like screening aids and field guides for identifying species of bees, beetles, household insects and spiders, slugs and snails, stink bugs, and Northern Giant Hornet lookalikes.
The ODA insect collection houses an insect and arthropod collection with more than 100,000 pinned specimens and 6,000 unique species. Tours of the collection are available to the public upon request.
Learn more about the collection.
ODA is proud to be part of the
Oregon Bee Project, a cooperative effort with the Oregon State University (OSU) Extension Service the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) to maintain and enhance bee health in Oregon. ODA is responsible for managing the state’s
apiary registration program and completing the APHIS National Honey Bee Survey. Explore ODA’s
Common Bee Pollinators of Oregon Crops guide.