MyPestGuide Grapes online helps you to identify and report common pests and diseases found in the wine and grape industries, as well as species exotic to Western Australia (WA) quickly and easily.
The information captured by reports also builds pest incidence data to help direct future research.
How to use MyPestGuide Grapes Online
Use MyPestGuide Grapes online to compare what you have observed on your grapevines with a database of potential pests and diseases.
To identify a pest in your vineyard, click on each filter name and select the relevant organism, damage, pest, and size. This will reduce the number of likely pests displayed as image thumbnails below the filter tool.
Click on each potential pest or disease image displayed below the filter to open a window with detailed information and compare with your vineyard issue. Click on each heading to expand or contract the information.
To scroll through additional images in the pest summary window, click on the arrows either side of the image or the dots below the image.
To close the pest or disease summary window and return to the home screen, click on the ‘x’ in the top right corner of the window.
To change filter options, click on the filter line and select a new option.
You can also use the search function to search for diseases by their scientific or common name or other words found under the description, lifecycle, damage, and control sections of the disease summary window. Enter the relevant words in the search box and click ‘Search’ for a full-text search of records containing the words. A summary button of your search string will appear above the search box.
To clear the search when finished, click the ‘x’ of each filter/search parameter summary button that appears above the search box.
When you are confident you have identified the pest or disease of your vines, you can use report it to the department.
All reports are helpful for identifying unknown or previously unreported pests or diseases to enable an early response and monitoring the incidence levels of known pests and diseases.
There are 2 methods to report a disease:
- Click the image of the relevant pests or disease displayed to open the summary window and click the ‘Create report’ button. This will open the MyPestGuide Create report form. Complete the form, then click ‘send’. The department will receive your report, identify the disease, reply to your device, and map the disease detection online.
- You can also report a pest or disease by clicking the ‘Create report’ tab in the top menu of this page to open the report form. Complete the form, add your images, select your location, provide contact information and details about what you found to help the experts with identification, and click ‘Send report’.
If you do not wish to share your report with the community, untick the box, ‘I agree to share my report’ in the Create report window. This option may be useful to consultants if they are unsure whether their client wishes to share the information.
The department will receive your report, identify the disease, reply to your device, and map the disease detection online.
To view pests and diseases reported by the community in your area and a map of detections, click the View community reports link below.
Ensure the ‘physical location’ setting on your computer or mobile device is turned on or allow when prompted, then wait for the green dot to appear. Select the green dot and drag it to your correct location. If you have difficulty seeing the green dot, use ‘-‘ or ‘+’ symbols to zoom the map in or out to your location.
To sort community reports by relevance or date, use the map filter.
MyPestGuide Grapes is part of the MyPestGuide suite of tools created and designed the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development and engineered by NG Perceptive.
Development of the original MyPestGuide app was funded by the Council of Grain Grower Organisations (COGGO).
The department gratefully acknowledges the diagnostic expertise provided by taxonomists, other specialists, and amateurs and professionals, nationally and internationally.
Photographers, source organisations and users who share their images are also acknowledged within each image. See the Creative Commons website for information about images that which fall under Create Commons licences.