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These are young cassava plants. One of the world's major starch
Clump of arching, sword shaped leaves. Lilylike flowers in open or branched ...
Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous
larvae feed on roots of a wide range of ...
creeping plant, 10-15 cm long with bright yellow flowers, the caterpillars of ...
Crambidae, Spilomelinae - Omphisa anastomosalis (Sweetpotato stemborer)
Small ground-cover type perennial vine. May grow to 3 ft. mound. Exotic 1in. ...
A large and common beetle that, once in flight, can often be heard approaching ...
Indian rose beetle (Adoretus versutus) is a polyphagous insect that causes ...
The cassava root is long and tapered, with ...
scales.
The plant produces many slender, erect stems from a thick
as well, because they feed on the roots of ...
. Others can be considered pests, including Limonius spp. and Agriotes spp., ...
In the adult form, it eats and damages leaves of many
to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft), and has a deep
. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), ...
Melolonthinae. They feed on plant litter and plant
. Various varieties are cultivated for salad leaves, chicons (blanched buds), ...
Galahs, where to begin? Galahs are a pink and grey coloured cockatoo found in ...
Melolonthinae. They feed on plant litter and plant
Diaphonous, off-white fungus ~ 3 cm wide growing among
Xyloryctes jamaicensis, sometimes called the “rhinoceros beetle” because of the ...
and medium-sized sympetalous flowers. The edible tuberous
Small, ground-cover type perennial vine. May grow to 3 ft mound. Exotic, 1" ...
Thin, shiny black color w/ long abdomen (scorpion like in shape). Short clear ...
edge & they have a white face stripe & white hip stripe. They feed on native ...
family) native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual
AKA Southern Corn Rootworm (in the larval stage). Adults variously reported as ...
spikelets are oblong or gaping. It flowers from June to September. The
The thumbnail crop obscures the fact that ...
digging through the soil. Root grubs feed ...
-80 cm. These buds are more numerous in late flowering than early flowering ...
subsequent leaves consist of 3 leaflets (trifoliate).
