CAPS - Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey

Domestic Identifiers

Please read all information in the Taxonomic Support for Surveys (PDF) brochure and reach out to Patrick Haslem, PPQ National Preliminary ID Coordinator, or Darrell Bays, PPQ National Operations Manager for Pest Detection, for questions regarding taxonomic assistance and domestic identifiers.

Patrick Haslem(301) 851-2098patrick.haslem@usda.gov
Darrell Bays(919) 500-9959darrell.a.bays@usda.gov

 

Contact information for domestic identifiers is below. Once arrangements have been made with a domestic identifier, please follow all instructions in the Sample Submission Guidelines (PDF) brochure. In addition, before sending samples, please contact the domestic identifier for specific guidance on sample preparation and shipping.

Entomology

Julieta Brambila(352) 395-4792julieta.brambila@usda.govU.S. Postal Service
CAPS Office. P.O. Box 147100
Gainesville, FL 32614-7100

UPS / FedEx
CAPS Office, 1911 SW 34th Street
Gainesville, FL 32608

*Please always contact Julieta by email before sending packages. Please use an address depending on the package delivery service.
Bobby Brown(765) 496-9673robert.c.brown@usda.govDepartment of Entomology, Purdue University
Smith Hall, 901 W. State St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2089
Xanthe Shirley(512) 383-2474xanthe.a.shirley@usda.govUSDA APHIS PPQ
2771 F and B Road, Building 2, Room 105
College Station, TX 77845
Joshua R. Jones, Ph.D. Office: (504) 461-4230
Mobile: (504) 330-0823
joshua.jones@usda.gov USDA APHIS PPQ
924 Kenner Avenue, Suite #11
Kenner, Louisiana 70062

Plant Pathology

Bliss Betzen(785) 532-1349bliss.betzen@usda.govUSDA-APHIS-PPQ Field Operations
Department of Plant Pathology
Kansas State University
1712 Claflin/4024 Throckmorton Plant Sciences
Manhattan, KS 66506-5502