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Jul. 6, 2023 - Invasive beetle found in Yakima County
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Invasive beetle found in Yakima County could devastate WA crops.
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has spotted the first adult Japanese beetle of this year in Yakima County.
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Jul. 6, 2023 - Invasive beetle found in Yakima County
7/7/2023 | 1m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has spotted the first adult Japanese beetle of this year in Yakima County.
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(light music) State agricultural of they have spotted an invasive foreign The sighting this year was of an adult Japanese beetle.
It can feed on 300 different plants.
Agricultural officials are concerned the beetles could negatively of the state's top harvests, such as cherries and hop In 2020, the Japanese beetle was first spotted in Sunnyside, Washington.
Their presence in the central po has grown since then.
Tens of thousands of be in Sunnyside, Grandview, and Wapato.
The state started a yard debris quarantine program and other measures in a multi-year effort to eradicate the beetles.
The Agricultural Department has set traps where the beetle was detected in anticipati of thousands more beetles emerging.
This spring, the state department wrapped a second round of pe I'm Paris Jackson.
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