The estimated cost of the invasive khapra beetle to Australia's grains industry could be more than $15 billion if it became ...
SYDNEY—Americans dream of a white Christmas. In Australia, many people are hoping for brown, green and yellow beetles. In Yuletides past, swarms of so-called Christmas beetles, a group that includes ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has detected the larvae of khapra beetles in imported nappies sold in supermarkets nationwide, the agriculture ministry said, raising concerns the pest could infest ...
When it comes to Australian animals, the first that come to mind are generally kangaroos, koalas and maybe a platypus or a killer crocodile. However, there’s a tiny, iridescent group of beetles that ...
An urgent warning has been issued in Australia after destructive beetle larvae were found lurking in nappies. Khapra beetle larvae were found in packs of nappies imported into the country earlier this ...
Australia has given us many fine things: Margot Robbie and Chris Hemsworth, Tyrell’s Old Patch Shiraz – and even Rob Machado, ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Two men from the United States have been arrested and charged with trying to smuggle about 1,300 native beetles out of Australia in empty yoghurt containers, customs officials ...
Beetle That Threatens Australia's Grains Industry Found in Imported Nappies By Peter Hobson CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has detected the larvae of khapra beetles in imported nappies sold in ...