Texas is now the front line of an ecological battle pitting a devastating invasive moth against the state's ubiquitous prickly pear cactus.
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Discover Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn in Boonarga, Australia: A monument to the moth that saved Australia from a cactus crisis.
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By Commissioner Sid Miller, Texas Department of Agriculture and Sheri Bethard, Texas Certified Master Gardener.
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Bakersfield cactus is a California endangered plant species, which means that killing or possessing the plant is prohibited by the...
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Enjoy this expertly researched article on the Cactus Moth, including where Cactus Moth s live, what they eat & much more.
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In the American Southwest, where deer and coyotes roam free and the prickly pear cactus grows wild, there's a new outsider ready to cause...
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Prickly pear cactus, considered by some a weed and others a nutrient source during drought, now being harmed by the cactus moth as it...
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The tale of how the cactus moth got to Texas is a yarn of Mesoamerican empires, colonial intrigue and evolutionary biology.
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A South American moth, already a minor pest in the U.S. Southeast, could cause economic and environmental havoc in the American Southwest.
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Prickly pear infested millions of hectares of rural land in Australia a century ago rendering it virtually useless and worthless.
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