Pest and Disease Image Library

The Pest and Disease Image Library (PaDIL) is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, in collaboration with Museum Victoria, Plant Health Australia and the Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia.

The Pest and Disease Image Library (PaDIL) is a biodiversity and biosecurity information management system with an emphasis on delivering high quality diagnostic images. PaDIL contains detailed records of invertebrates, bacteria, fungi, virus and viroids and phytoplasmas that threaten field crops, pasture, forestry, horticulture, marine, human health and animals. The resources within PaDIL assist government and industry in making decisions in relation to protecting against invasive threats to Australia's economy, environment, human health and amenity.

PaDIL contains images exhibiting the key diagnostic features of each pest and disease specimen and facilitates simple image comparison of similar species to assist with specimen triaging and taxonomic identification.

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