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Cactus Moth with egg stick

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Laying her eggs "sticklike"

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5 Comments

gatorfellows, spot on thank you, and have a great new Year

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Gatorfellows

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

Altha and Luis; There is a cactus moth that lays its eggs this way. The moth has been used in Africa, Australia, and now the US to control cactus. You might enjoy the article and images; http://www.lsuagcenter.com/en/environmen...

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 10 years ago

very interesting, thanks :)

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

I've never seen this, thanks for sharing.

Mookgopong Local Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa

Spotted on Dec 31, 2013
Submitted on Dec 31, 2013

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