The light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana)--it's not your typical invader.
UC Berkeley...
Female light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. (Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
Female light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. (Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
Male light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. (Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
Male light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. (Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
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Friday, February 15, 2013 at
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James R. Carey is used to dissent.
The entomology professor at the University of California,...
James Carey
UC DAVIS ENTOMOLOGIST James Carey believes that the light brown apple moth has long been established in California and cannot be eradicated. He is featured in the Jan. 8 edition of Science Magazine in a NewsFocus piece headlined "From Medfly to Moth: Raising a Buzz of Dissent." (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Light Brown Apple Moth
LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH (adult shown) is a native of Australia. Its larvae have voracious appetites and feed on more than 2000 plant species. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture)
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Thursday, January 7, 2010 at
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Remember the ravenous light brown apple moth (LBAM) and all the controversy?
The invasive...
Male Light Brown Apple Moth
MALE--This is the male light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. (Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
Female Light Brown Apple Moth
FEMALE--This is the female light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. (Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
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Friday, October 30, 2009 at
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Most entomologists I know maintain a keen sense of humor.
They have to,...
William Roltsch
PRESENTATION--Entomologist William Roltsch of the California Department of Food and Agriculture discusses the light brown apple moth at the Nov. 6th meeting of the Northern California Entomology Society. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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Friday, November 7, 2008 at
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Not again!
The light brown apple moth, also known as "the...
Male light brown apple moth
MALE LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH--The light brown apple moth is a native of Australia. (Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
Female light brown apple moth
FEMALE LIGHT BROWN APPLE MOTH--The female has lighter coloring than the male. In Australia, it lays up to 1500 eggs in a clutch, usually three times a year.(Photo courtesy of David Williams, principal scientist, Perennial Horticulture, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Australia.)
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Thursday, November 6, 2008 at
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