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OT - Have you seen this in your garden?

northerner_on
15 years ago

Hi everyone:

Now that it's getting warmer I have been preparing my vegetable patch for sowing. While loosening my soil, I have come across an unfamiliar pupa (5 of them) so I decided to investigate. It turns out that it is the pupa of the Bertha Armyworm, which is a pest in the western provinces, particularly causing damage to canola, but there are other crops it feeds on including potatoes. I guess it is making it's way across the country so if you come across it, be aware of what it is. I have disposed of the ones I found. Detailed information says that pupation begins in August, but the ones I found were alive and moving. Here is a pic.:

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For details, please refer to :

http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/cropprot/bertha.htm

Northerner.

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