Friday, February 13, 2009

Little pests.....Big problem....

A plague of caterpillars at Africa in the country of Liberia are eating away farmers crops. With these valuable crops gone, farmers will halve to suffer food shortage and dirtied water. The president of the country has declared a state emergency. 4000000 in 100 villages has been affected by these pests. Caterpillars is a common species in Africa, but experts say that these are Achaean caterpillars. Even though these pests are tiny but they can travel up to 60 miles a day. Fortunately, these bugs are easier to get rid of because they stay above ground. Now the country are using chemicals to get rid of these caterpillars.

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