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The Joshua Foundation - the NGO in Arusha where we will be working

Posted by Owens Family on September 21, 2007

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Last night we had the disturbing experience of cutting open a mango that we had been eating (and enjoying) to find a large hard beetle like animal crawl out, with lots of small black eggs behind it...... Horror, repulsion and shock were among the first reactions.... Of course, we had to google.... this is what we discovered... The insect pest inside the mangoes is the mango nut weevil or stone weevil, ‘Sternochetus Mangiferae’. The young one or grubs as soon as they hatch out from the eggs tunnel in a zig zag manner through the pulp, endocarp and the seed coat and finally reach the cotyledons. As the fruit develops, the tunnel gets closed. The grub feeds on the cotyledons and destroys them. The adult emerges from the pupae also and feeds on the developing seed and this may hasten the maturity of infested fruits. The adult emerges from the pupae also and feeds on the developing seed and this may hasten the maturity of infested fruits. The adults hibernate in between the crevices...

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