SEEING RED
Jan 03, 2018
2 minutes
WORDS: DENSEY CLYNE PHOTOS: DIANE CRAWFORD
Many gardeners and orchardists living in the northern and eastern states of Australia will have woeful tales to tell of infestations by a small beetle that leaves their crops, orchard trees and ornamentals totally skeletonised.
The culprit is , commonly called the red-shouldered leaf beetle, a member of the mainly leaf-eating family. Although these beetles occur only
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