Pest outbreak triggers panic in Wayanad
The Hindu
Insect identified as bamboo sap feeder or Udonga montana
A pest outbreak has triggered panic amid the farming community living on the forest fringes in Wayanad district. The outbreak has been reported at Valluvady area in Noolpuzha grama panchayat. Huge swarms of insects landed on trees and shrubs in nearly two acres of agricultural land near the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. The population was so big that small branches of trees drooped and broke under the weight of the aggregating bugs, said K.K. Suneesh, a farmer at Odappallam Kavala. Residents were worried about the creatures causing allergy or spreading diseases as an offensive stench emanated from the insects, he added.
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