| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Pathway of Introduction | Status | Reference |
| Chrysomelidae | Microtheca ochroloma | IM-watercress | E | Chamberlin & Tippins 1948 | |
| Chironomidae | Goeldichironomus amazonicus | IM- aquatic plants | E | Wirth 1979 | |
| Culicidae | Aedes albopictus | Asian tiger mosquito | IM-tires | E | O'Meara et al. 1991, 1992 |
| Aedes bahamensis | IM-tires | E | O'Meara et al. 1989; Parfume et al. 1988 | ||
| Pyralidae | Parapoynx diminutalis | IM& BC hydrilla | E | del Fosse et al. 1976; Buckingham & Habeck 1990 | |
| Aeshinidae | Coryphaeschna adnexa | blue-faced darner | IM | E | Dunkle 1989 |
| Lestidae | Lestes spumarius | Antillen spreadwing | IM | E | Dunkle 1989 |
| Libellulidae | Crocothemis servilia | scarlet skimmer;Asiatic dragonfly | IM | E | Paulson et al. 1988 |
| Erythemis plebeja | black pondhawk | IM | E | Dunkle 1989 | |
| Micrathyria aequalis | spottailed skimmer | IM | E | Dunkle 1989 | |
| Micrathyria didyma | three-striped skimmer | IM | E | Dunkle 1989 | |
| Aedes aegypti | yellow fever mosquito | IM-shipping | E | Skiles 1989; Frank 1981 | |
| *Culicidae | Toxorhynchites amboinensis | BC-A aegypti | NE | Frank & McCoy 1993 | |
| * | Toxorhynchites splendens | BC- A aegypti | NE | Frank & McCoy 1993 | |
| *Curculionidae | Neohydronomus affinis | BC- water lettuce | E | Dray et al. 1990 | |
| *Noctuidae | Spodoptera pectinicornis | BC- water lettuce | US | AD 1986,1987, 1988; Buckingham & Habeck 1990 | |
| *Chrysomelidae | Agasicles hygrophila | alligatorweed flea beetle | BC- alligatorweed | E | Center et al. 1991 |
| *Phlaeothripidae | Amynothrips andersoni | alligatorweed thrips | BC- alligatorweed | E | Center et al. 1991 |
| *Pyralidae | Vogtia malloi | alligatorweed stem borer | BC- alligatorweed | E | Center et al. 1991 |
| *Curculionidae | Eubrychius spp. | BC- watermilfoil | T | AD 1991 | |
| * | Phytobius leucogaster | BC- alligatorweed | NE | Buckingham & Habeck 1990; AD 1978, 1979 | |
| *Pyralidae | Acentria ephemerella | BC- alligatorweed | T | AD 1975, 1976, 1978 | |
| * | Parapoynx stratiotata | BC- alligatorweed | T | AD 1975, 1976; BIRL 1992 | |
| *Curculionidae | Bagous affinis | BC-hydrilla | NE | Buckingham & Habeck 1990 | |
| * | Bagous dilgiri | BC-hydrilla | T | AD 1983; Bennett & Buckingham 1991 | |
| * | Bagous laevigatus | BC-hydrilla | T | AD 1983, 1986 | |
| * | Bagous vicinus | BC- hydrilla | T | AD 1983; Bennett & Buckingham 1982 | |
| * | Bagous hydrillae | BC-hydrilla | US | AD 1988, 1991; Center 1992 | |
| *Chironomidae | Polypedilum dewulfi | BC-hydrilla | L | AD 1990 | |
| * | Polypedilum wittae | BC-hydrilla | L | Frank & McCoy 1993 | |
| *Ephydridae | Hydrellia balciunasi | BC-hydrilla | E | AD 1988, 1989, 1991 | |
| * | Hydrellia pakistanae | BC- hydrilla | E | Buckingham 1988; Buckingham 1988; Buckingham & Okrah 1993 | |
| * | Hydrellia sarahae | BC-hydrilla | US | AD 1990 | |
| *Curculionidae | Neochetina bruchi | weevil | BC-waterhyacinth | E | Charudattan 1986 |
| * | Neochetina eichhorniae | weevil | BC-waterhyacinth | E | Charudattan 1986 |
| * | Acigona infusella | BC-waterhyacinth | L | AD 1974, 1975 | |
| *Pyralidae | Sameodes albiguttalis | BC-waterhyacinth | E | Charudattan 1986; Center & Durden 1984 | |
| Orthogalumna terebrantis | oribatid mite | IM-waterhyacinth | E | Buckingham & Habeck 1990 | |
| *Hypomycetes | Cercospora rodmanii | weevil | BC-waterhyacinth | US | Conway & Freeman 1977; Center et al. 1991 |
| *Curculionidae | Oxyops vitiosa | weevil | BC-melaleuca | US | Leist 1993 |
| Formicidae | Solenopsis invicta | red imported fire ant | IM | E | Davidson & Stone 1989 |
| Bibionidae | Plecia nearctica | love bug | IM | E | Peckham 1977 |
E=established; NE=not established; BC=biological control agent; IM=immigrated; L=loss during evaluation; T=study terminated; US=presently under study Back to top
*=biological control agent
Major references other than those listed above are Frank & McCoy 1992, 1993; Stoetzel 1989.