GULF BREEZE, Fla -- -- State agriculture inspector Laura Ooms knew at first glance something was seriously wrong with a couple of prickly pear cactus plants she found in a store's garden section.

THIBODAUX, La. - A South American moth that eats prickly pear cactus has moved into Louisiana, and federal biologists say it must be stopped before it reaches Texas. Cactus moths were known to be ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An invasive insect with a wingspan of only an inch or so has the potential to wreak havoc on Texas’ native prickly pear cacti. Researchers with the University of Texas at Austin say ...

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State agriculture inspector Laura Ooms knew at first glance something was seriously wrong with a couple of prickly pear cactus plants she found in a store’s garden section. “They were quite ridden ...

Another invasive species is popping up in the Lone Star State, and Texas Parks and Wildlife officials warn it could decimate the prickly pear cacti population if left unchecked. The department is ...

MEXICO CITY, Feb 16 (Reuters Life!) - A moth with a big appetite that once chomped its way through huge swaths of cacti in Australia has landed in Mexico, where the spiky plant is a favorite food ...

Florida biologists have a thorny problem on their hands. A rare plant, the semaphore cactus, is becoming even rarer, and a foreign moth is threatening to destroy the 13 plants that are left in the ...

Texas is now the front line of an ecological battle pitting a devastating invasive moth against the state’s ubiquitous prickly pear cactus. Already, the South American cactus moth has laid waste to ...

HOUSTON, Aug. 13, 2007 – It's not a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket… unless you're a senita moth. Found in the parched Sonoran desert of southern Arizona and northern Mexico, the senita ...

THIBODAUX, La. -- A South American moth that eats prickly pear cactus has moved into Louisiana, and federal biologists say it must be stopped before it reaches Texas. Cactus moths were known to be ...