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Cactoblastis cactorum Links

GENERAL
GRI: Cactus Moth Monitoring and Detection Network

USDA National Invasive Species Information Center: Species Profiles: Cactus Moth

Wikipedia: Cactoblastis cactorum

Featured Creatures, Cactoblastis cactorum. University of Florida.

Discover Life: Pyralidae: Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg)

Pest Alert: Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg), Cactus Moth Threatens Mexico and American Southwest

ARC - Plant Protection Research Institute - Biological Control of Invasive Cactus Species (family Cacaceae): The Cactus Moth (Cactoblastis cactorum) [pdf]

The Nature Conservancy: Stopping the Spread: Cactus Moth [pdf]

NPR: Environment: Cactus Moth Threatens Mexico's Nopal Crops

Federal Register Environmental Documents: South American Cactus Moth; Quarantine and Regulations

International Atomic Energy Agency: Cactus Moth

PHOTOS
INVASIVE.ORG: Prickly Pear Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg)

Wikipedia Commons: Cactoblastis cactorum

CSIRO: Science Image: Quilling Cactoblastis cactorum eggs

CSIRO: Science Image: Cactoblastic cactorum

AUSTRALIA
Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885), by Don Hebison-Evans and Stella Crossley

Dalby, Australia: Visitor Guide: Cactoblastis Memorial Cairn

CSIRO: Science Image: Quilling Cactoblastis cactorum eggs

CSIRO: Science Image: Cactoblastic cactorum

Chinchilla Library Service: Heritage Fact Sheets: The Prickly Pear Era - the Cactoblastis Story

VIDEO/AUSTRALIA
Australasian Gazette - Clip 1: Prickly Pear Infested Areas of Australia (1926)

SOUTH AFRICA
Zimmerman, H. Cactoblastis cactorum in South Africa [pdf].

POEMS
Blue Vision Poems: Cactoblastis cactorum, by Richard Todd