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Scientists discover hybrid swarm in global mega-pest
phys.org ^ | 04-06-2018 | CSIRO

Posted on 04/06/2018 11:27:07 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: ptsal

I thought they were the same worm.

I have a huge problem with them in my corn. Left alone, there could be 6-10 worms in every ear, and the mold they bring with destroys the entire ear. Control involves squirting a bit of mineral oil in the end of each ear as soon as the silks show. I’m not sure that would work for sweet corn, but for dry corn it works pretty well. The oil is gone by the time they’re ready to harvest. I only lost a few ears to worms last year, and I think they were the ears that hid when I was patrolling.


21 posted on 04/06/2018 12:08:11 PM PDT by Ellendra (Those who kill without reason cannot be reasoned with.)
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To: PIF

Right


22 posted on 04/06/2018 12:09:52 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: Red Badger

The Obamas and their entourage - number one global mega-pest swarm.


23 posted on 04/06/2018 12:10:36 PM PDT by Noumenon (It isn't racist if it's true, is it?)
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To: Red Badger

You bet


24 posted on 04/06/2018 12:10:52 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: Red Badger

Oh boy, another potential illegal alien invader.


25 posted on 04/06/2018 1:21:47 PM PDT by Amberdawn (If Leftists Didn't Live By Double Standards, They'd Have No Standards At All.)
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To: Amberdawn

The Russians must be behind this!.........................


26 posted on 04/06/2018 1:22:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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To: Red Badger

It all starts when the ants go marching one by one....


27 posted on 04/06/2018 1:24:46 PM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Red Badger

The BIG question is: Did President Trump collude with these “mega-pests”?


28 posted on 04/06/2018 1:41:20 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Red Badger

Nuke it from orbit. Its the only way to be sure.


29 posted on 04/06/2018 1:55:16 PM PDT by ResponseAbility (The truth of liberalism is the stupid can feel smart, the lazy entitled, and the immoral unashamed)
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To: JPG

Here in Arkansas, the old timers say that Fish and Game brought back the beavers over the objections of everybody but the environmentalists. Not enough territory for the beavers to thrive, etc., etc., so they brought in alligators to control the beaver population. Turns out gators don’t really like beavers (cue up the off-color jokes) so now we have both overrunning us.

I know that some of the F&G people post here, so I’ll probably get flamed for this, but it’s what the natives say, ALMOST to a person.

First-hand, I will say that in my area, the only old-growth bamboo one finds are along river banks (to control erosion). That one is undeniable. I doubt it was F&G who introduced it, maybe the Corps, but it sure wasn’t private parties.


30 posted on 04/06/2018 3:40:52 PM PDT by mywholebodyisaweapon (Thank God for President Trump.)
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Umm, Slings..

They're talking about you.. ;-)

31 posted on 04/06/2018 4:05:33 PM PDT by NoCmpromiz (John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
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To: Ellendra

Same insect with different names depending on the crop.

The razzle dazzle on “different” species is a bit much. Perhaps, different races of the same species would be a bit closer to reality.


32 posted on 04/06/2018 5:04:29 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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