Port of Baltimore discovers invasive beetle in celery seed shipment

Beetlemania, unfortunately, has returned to the Port of Baltimore.

A shipment of celery seed from India was found infested with dead Khapra Beetles at the Port of Baltimore. U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents found the dead insects in a container holding a 500 bag, 55,000 pound shipment of celery seed on Feb. 7.

Details on how many dead beetle carcasses were found inside the celery shipment were not disclosed.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection considers the Khapra Beetle one of the…