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ELINVESTIG8R
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US WORM INVASION INTO TIJUANA
TIJUANA, BC 03 February 2009
Mexican Health Authorities in Tijuana are reporting that Tijuana is being invaded from the Unites States of America by thousands of North American
Worms. The invasion into Tijuana is occurring in the area of Cañón Zapata near the new construction of the international border wall. The North
American Worm has invaded the homes of inhabitants in the area of Colonia La Libertad. Apparently workers were spraying on the United States side of
the border which caused the invasion into Mexico territory.
AFN story in Spanish here: http://afntijuana.info/blog/?p=2680
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BajaGringo
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Chemical and Biological Warfare!!!!
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Pato
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WMDs maybe ?
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woody with a view
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when mexico takes their pollos back the U.S. will take back its gusanos, guey!
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CaboRon
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Go Team !
The worms are in exchange for the illegals that come north 
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BirdDog
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Can't they be used as bait?
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Well...there you go. We make efforts to combat world hunger by sending waves of protien into depressed areas and what do we get for our efforts?
Criticism.
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CaboRon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Well...there you go. We make efforts to combat world hunger by sending waves of protien into depressed areas and what do we get for our efforts?
Criticism. |
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Dave
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What's the problem?
Excuse me, but aren't worms a good thing? Don't they aerate the soil, break down organic matter and poop fertilizer?
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Excuse me, but aren't worms a good thing? Don't they aerate the soil, break down organic matter and poop fertilizer? |
I think the problem is that ....well...these are ....um.....American worms. You know...invader worms. Territory stealing worms. The worst kind.
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Dave
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Xenophobia
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I think the problem is that ....well...these are ....um.....American worms. You know...invader worms. Territory stealing worms. The worst kind.
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Yeah...well...Mexico needs to get over it. They can't solve their problems. It will take fresh faces with fresh ideas. They need to welcome
rather than discourage foreigners.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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 Weeeee I'm a worm going for my first visit to Tijuana Mexico!
[Edited on 2-8-2009 by ELINVESTI8]
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DanO
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pato
WMDs maybe ? |
Worms of mass destruction? Reminds me of someone, but I can't quite put my finger on it . . .
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Sounds like a good time to move the Mescal production to the border. Or if the goal is to eradicate them I am certain there are enough dogs in Tijuana
to pick up the excess.
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Taco de Baja
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They are actually caterpillars Nymphalis antiopa . They love elm trees. Common name is Mourning Cloak, although I have always known them as
elm tree butterflies/caterpillars. They loved the elm tree at the house where I grew up.
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Mango
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Maybe they came though all the tunnels?
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The Gull
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Were they found headless?
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BirdDog
Can't they be used as bait? |
Most excellent, Birddog
We\'re all here cuz we\'re not all there, mountain stranded time
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Taco de Baja
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Mexico is complaining about a couple 1,000 worms migrating north to south, how about the potential death of industry because of a migration from south
to north? This is far scarier. Even for those of us with backyard trees.
| Quote: | The greening disease spread by the pest could be a catastrophe for the $1.2-billion industry.
By Jerry Hirsch
January 26, 2009
State agriculture inspectors are stepping up their efforts to battle what they believe is an agricultural time bomb.
After discovering what's known as the Asian citrus psyllid in the Hillcrest neighborhood of San Diego last week, the farthest north the bug has been
found in the city, agriculture officials warned that the bug was rapidly moving north since crossing the Mexican border at Tijuana in
July.
The pest is responsible for spreading citrus greening disease and causing catastrophic damage to orange farms in Florida and Brazil. Agricultural
officials warn that the same disease could be a catastrophe for California's $1.2-billion citrus industry.
To slow the pest's advance, officials have established quarantines in parts of San Diego and Imperial counties, prohibiting the movement of citrus
plant material out of those areas. Fruit can still be shipped, but it has to be cleaned first.
California supplies about 85% of the United States' fresh orange crop and nearly all of the domestically grown lemons. The Golden State also ships a
third of what it grows overseas, a lucrative source of exports at a time when the nation has rung up a huge foreign trade deficit.
"I toured the groves in Florida where the disease is now all over the state, and they are taking out thousands and thousands of trees and burning
them," Gless said. "They are doing it six days a week."
Citrus greening has already killed tens of thousands of acres of trees in Florida and Brazil and wiped out entire citrus industries in China, India,
Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Gless and some agriculture analysts believe that without a cure, the disease will kill off Florida's orange juice industry within five years.
Inspectors also have trapped psyllids in Hawaii, Texas, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and in Louisiana, which is the only other state besides
Florida where the insect is known to carry the disease.
Homeowners and commercial landscapers who believe they may have spotted the insect or a diseased tree should call the California Department of Food
and Agriculture's exotic-pest hotline at (800) 491-1899. More information can be found at www.californiacitrusthreat.org..
"These pests have a way of figuring out how to survive. The tomato psyllid moved into California from Mexico some years ago and now has walked up all
the way to British Columbia," he said.
Researchers believe the psyllid could find its way into Riverside and Orange counties before the year is out.
Researchers have not been able to develop a disease-resistant tree or rootstock.
There are no effective parasites or predators to use against the psyllid population. And growing and releasing sterile psyllids -- a successful way to
control fruit flies -- will have no effect because of the bug's ability to reproduce asexually.
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The Citrus leaf miner also crossed over from Calexio in 2000 and now is a well established pest throughout California with no predators, and no
effective pesticides since its burrows within the leaf. It does not kill a tree, unless it's very young, but sure make it look ugly  . Then there's the tomato psyllid mentioned in the article.....
I think the US is the losing party in the cross border pest trade.
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There is another psyllid of importance that can create havoc on our grape industry and is present in Caifornia.
Various fruit flys, mealybugs, leaf minors, red importad fire ants psyllids just to name a few things that threaten California's Agricultural Industry
keeps us busy.
This citrus psyllid is one of great concern and could have the potential of making citrus fruit a luxary item (perhaps grown in green houses).
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