Moth threatens green Olympics.China wants to green up Beijing in time for the 2008 Olympics, but the effort is being threatened by a tiny flying pest that threatens to munch its way through the many trees that have been planted around the city. The American white moth can lay up to 3,000 eggs at a time and is capable of defoliating a tree in days, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a story by Reuters News Service. China is attempting to combat the pest through a series of sexually attracting agents, insecticide insecticide Any of a large group of substances used to kill insects. Such substances are mainly used to control pests that infest cultivated plants and crops or to eliminate disease-carrying insects in specific areas. lamps, and bees, Reuters said. The moth is native to forests in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . China's State Forestry Administration has said the greening efforts could be in vain if the moth could not be controlled. Environmental goals for the 2008 Olympics include tree planting and eliminating rats, fleas and lice Fleas & Lice are a crust punk/anarcho-punk band from Groningen, Netherlands. Three of the members were originally part of Mushroom Attack, also from Holland. Their records have been released by Skuld Releases [1] in Europe, and Profane Existence Records [2] and from gymnasiums and athlete villages, Reuters said. |
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