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Created in
Tanzania
,
November
2012
Attract ants against white stem borer in coffee
Recognize the problem
African coffee white stem borers (CWB) are dark-grey and white-grey beetles
up to
3
cm long with long dark antennae. Adult beetles are difficult to find, but
can sometimes be seen on young leaves and green twigs.
The
2
to
3
cm long pencil-thick young, called larvae, are white-...

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