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Whether riding on the backs for fruits and vegetables, the covering they come in, or covered in wooden pallets, enveloping species arrive frequently on Canada's doorstep.

But the ones that prosper are those that are able attach around, often adjusting to their new surroundings and flourishing since "they don't have those competitors that they would have in their own country, who will keep their numbers down," says Laura Telford, executive director of the Ottawa-based Canadian Organic Growers.