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The light brown apple moth is the size of a nickel: a dirt-colored insect with an adult life span shorter than the average summer vacation. Its voracious appetite has state and federal officials in California worried. A native of Australia, the moth had never been seen in the continental United States before February. In addition to wine grapes and fruit crops, the moth threatens the state?EUR??,,????'?????< The problem is most serious in Santa Cruz County, with its $73 million industry in shrubs, trees and other ornamental flora.
The light brown apple moth is the size of a nickel: a dirt-colored insect with an adult life span shorter than the average summer vacation.
Its voracious appetite has state and federal officials in California worried. A native of Australia, the moth had never been seen in the continental United States before February.
In addition to wine grapes and fruit crops, the moth threatens the state?EUR??,,????'?????<
The problem is most serious in Santa Cruz County, with its $73 million industry in shrubs, trees and other ornamental flora.
Statewide, agricultural officials say California could lose more than $100 million because of increased production control and pest control expenses. Chief among growers?EUR??,,????'?????< Like many states, California is already dealing with a variety of other invasive pests and diseases, each with a more evocative name than the last, like the glassy-winged sharpshooter (which can be devastating to citrus groves and vineyards) and the red imported fire ant, a nasty little insect whose bites can result in pain and welts. Source: New York Times
Statewide, agricultural officials say California could lose more than $100 million because of increased production control and pest control expenses.
Chief among growers?EUR??,,????'?????<
Like many states, California is already dealing with a variety of other invasive pests and diseases, each with a more evocative name than the last, like the glassy-winged sharpshooter (which can be devastating to citrus groves and vineyards) and the red imported fire ant, a nasty little insect whose bites can result in pain and welts.
Source: New York Times
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
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