Prickly Pear history

Cages containing prickly pear and Cactoblastis cactorum moths and their eggs at the Commonwealth Prickly Pear Field Station, circa 1930. (Western Downs regional Council).

Prickly Pear took over Chicnhilla, and the Argentinian Cactoblastis cactorum moth saved the town, eating through the weed. The prickly […]

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