There have been a number of reports of outbreaks of Lantana bug in production nurseries in the Brisbane area over recent weeks. The bug Aconophora compressa was an approved biocontrol agent for lantana and released in 1995 with the approval of 22 state and federal agencies including AQIS and Environment Australia. The release by the Department of Natural Resources & Mines (DNR&M) occurred after host testing based on nationally accepted protocols and included a representative range of 62 possible economic and native host plants.