Find-A-Pest
4.2star
5 reviews
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Rated for 3+
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About this app
Find-A-Pest provides users with simple options to report any potential pests including weeds, insects, fungi, animals, aquatic or terrestrial.
Find-A-Pest is your opportunity to participate in the Ko Tātou | This Is Us movement of all New Zealanders contributing to biosecurity.
It is an easy to use app with observations made simply taking a photo.
Factsheets in the app give information about identification, habitat and damage caused by pests.
Find-A-Pest is a non-profit, collaborative project between the Ministry for Primary Industry, Department of Conservation, all Regional Councils and primary industry organisations and is based at the University of Canterbury.
When you make an observation you will quickly get help from specialists at Find-A-Pest and via the iNaturalist NZ community. If your observation is considered to be a potential biosecurity threat then it may be forwarded to Biosecurity New Zealand who will, if necessary, contact you for more information if they feel it is necessary. Comments and identifications will appear directly in your activity page along with all of the observations you have logged to date.
Find-A-Pest is your opportunity to participate in the Ko Tātou | This Is Us movement of all New Zealanders contributing to biosecurity.
It is an easy to use app with observations made simply taking a photo.
Factsheets in the app give information about identification, habitat and damage caused by pests.
Find-A-Pest is a non-profit, collaborative project between the Ministry for Primary Industry, Department of Conservation, all Regional Councils and primary industry organisations and is based at the University of Canterbury.
When you make an observation you will quickly get help from specialists at Find-A-Pest and via the iNaturalist NZ community. If your observation is considered to be a potential biosecurity threat then it may be forwarded to Biosecurity New Zealand who will, if necessary, contact you for more information if they feel it is necessary. Comments and identifications will appear directly in your activity page along with all of the observations you have logged to date.
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Ratings and reviews
4.2
5 reviews
Robin Bensley
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September 10, 2023
Easy to use, great detail, and pictures. Wish we could all use this to clean up our environment
3 people found this review helpful
Dig It! Garden
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December 30, 2023
Failed to ID a common beetle. The AI seems to lack any intelligence.
Nathan Johnson
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September 10, 2023
Easy way to submit and verify any unknown critters I find. Great idea and like that I'm helping our biosecurity
3 people found this review helpful
What's new
Find a Pest - This new version includes a guest reporting function, allowing you to make up to 3 pest reports without logging in.
It also includes increased use of iNaturalist’s computer recognition tool to help users identify species prior to sending a report.
We have also given the app a full make over with a design upgrade and improved user journeys including changes to the fact sheet classifications to make it easier for you to find pest information in the app.
It also includes increased use of iNaturalist’s computer recognition tool to help users identify species prior to sending a report.
We have also given the app a full make over with a design upgrade and improved user journeys including changes to the fact sheet classifications to make it easier for you to find pest information in the app.
