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Cactus Moth Eating Way Across Southwest
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BILL KACZOR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
12-22-2003
Dateline: GULF BREEZE, Fla.
State agriculture inspector Laura Ooms knew at first glance something was seriously wrong with a couple of prickly pear cactus plants she found in a store's garden section.
"They were quite ridden with worm holes," Ooms recalled. "It wasn't one little worm hole. There were several holes in them. They were oozing."
She cut one cactus open and inside saw red-orange caterpillars with black spots, the larvae of Cactoblastis cactorum, commonly known as the cactus moth.
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