>> It's critical that I make these identifications very rapidly
because we want to prevent any future potential pests
like the emerald ash borer or the Asian longhorn beetle
from becoming established in the United States.
Many of these beetles, even if they're not major pests in their native countries,
once they come into the U.S.,
they may not have the same natural predators or controls.
They may even exhibit a completely different biology once they come into the U.S.,
so we want to prevent that and the way to prevent that is by early recognition,
which is why it's so critical that that CBP personnel find these things early on,
get them to the port identifiers who then transmit the specimens to us as quickly as possible.
This is the only way to prevent further introductions.
And this is really the frontline of attack that we have to use.
It is critical that I do my identifications as quickly and accurately as possible,
because that's going to be transmitted back to the ports
where the CBP personnel first found the specimen.
And they want to know now, is it safe to let that cargo in that's associated with that,
in the case there could be perishables; oranges or whatever.
Any delay in this will cost millions of dollars.