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LIVE-REPORT: Farmers in Chipinge West are in deep distress following an unknown giant pest which has invaded the area.
The horrific pest has no known pesticide, AND was yesterday spotted by RDZ spokesman Pishai Muchauraya. What do you think this pest’s name is?
Shamiso Gunda : I don’t know its name but we used to find it in fields especially during the harvesting time just in small number. And it has defensive system of spraying liquid in the eye. It looks those are still babies. Because a full grown one has wings. I’ll try to find it’s name on one David Attenborough videos. I remember a few years ago he broadcasted a program of these insects. They are devastating, they can destroy, eat almost anything on its way including small birds especially chicks. They’re bad news.
Mr Muchauraya reveals how the giant insect has devastated crops in the Chipinge West area. Follow this LIVE-REPORT today on ZimEye.com
Pharaoh Mosupi, an Entomologist in the Department of Zoology at the
University of Pretoria investigated Chemical and cultural control of that insect in Botswana.
Established that Fipronyl, a phenyl-pyrazole broad spectrum pesticide, demonstrated 85% effectiveness. Available at: http://www.repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/29424/00front.pdf?sequence=1
Good luck!
Use fipronyl (phenyl-pyrazole) a broad spectrum pesticide is 85% effective
Tutwa
Eat them. Make them a delicacy.
Armoured ground cricket biological name Acanthoplus discoidalis… Will look for chemicals if there is any ..
Parktown Prawns get.them in Joburg. Cant even kill.them with a cricket.bat
Armoured Cricket – Masenene.