Invasive Species Northern Ireland

Kingsnake

Lampropeltis getula

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Predates on native reptiles and possibly other native fauna. A potential disease and parasite vector

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Mesquite

Prosopis juliflora

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Outcompetes native flora for recources

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Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

They change the composition of native wetland vegetation, and their burrowing degrades river banks.

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New Guinea flatworm

Platydemus manokwari

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Can cause declines of native snail species, with cascading impacts on food webs, decomposition, and nutrient cycling.

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North American Beaver

Castor canadensis

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Drastically reshape ecosystems by altering water flow, vegetation, and chemistry, which can increase flooding and productivity.

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Northern giant hornet

Vespa mandarinia

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Canrapidly destroy beehives, poses a serious human health risk through painful and potentially lethal stings.

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Oak Processionary Moth

Thaumetopoea processionea

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Tree pest. Health risk to humans and animals.

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Oriental bittersweet

Celastrus orbiculatus

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Outcompetes native wildlife, can choke and shade host plants, sometimes killing them

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Pallas' squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Outcompeting native red squirrels, and damaging trees by stripping bark.

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