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January 16, 2024 at 5:08 pm
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- Yatton
I’m not clear, how the hybridisation of the 2 cochineals species happened to create one that then almost eradicated the prickly pear.
Interestingly the moth Cactoblastis cactorum was used as the biological control in Australia, to prevent the spread of opuntia.