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	<title>AgPest &#187; AgPest &#187; Category &#187; The pest</title>
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		<title>Pasture Damage</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=pasture-damage</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?alerts=pasture-damage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Aug 2017 23:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The pest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bay of Plenty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canterbury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gisborne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hawke's Bay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manawatu-Wanganui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marlborough]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nelson/Tasman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Otago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taranaki]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waikato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[West Coast]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Damage to pastures often becomes very obvious in winter. Generally it is too late to prevent production losses which have already occurred but pastures may be saved and long term &#8230;]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Damage to pastures often becomes very obvious in winter. Generally it is too late to prevent production losses which have already occurred but pastures may be saved and long term quality maintained if pests are controlled. If this is necessary, identify the pest and adopt appropriate control measures. Bear in mind that spring growth is not far away and may outgrow the effect of the pest.</em></p>
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		<title>Banded Conical Snail</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=banded-conical-snail</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=banded-conical-snail#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The pest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Auckland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banded Conical Snail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage appears as small 'shot' holes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on clover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to brassica plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to Plantain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found on the plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is a snail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Region]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The damage is to leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The shell has dark patterning, spots or stripes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The shell is pointed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The shell is smaller than 7mm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waikato]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows have been made in leaves]]></category>

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		<title>Sod webworm</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=sod-webworm</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=sod-webworm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2015 04:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Areas of pasture are of low vigour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on clover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on ryegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found in the soil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found on the soil surface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It crawls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It has legs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is a larva/grub/caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is larger than 1 cm in size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is smaller than 3 mm long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is smaller than 5 mm long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patches of bare ground are evident in pasture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sod webworm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The plants are grazed very close to the ground]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[There are dark markings on the head]]></category>

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		<title>Greasy cutworm</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=greasy-cutworm</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=greasy-cutworm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 01:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Caterpillars have stripes along body]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on clover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on ryegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to Fodder beet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to lucerne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found in the soil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found on the plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found on the soil surface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greasy cutworm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It crawls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It has legs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is a larva/grub/caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is larger than 1 cm in size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The grass tillers are left lying on the soil surface]]></category>

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		<title>Lucerne weevil</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=lucerne-weevil</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=lucerne-weevil#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 01:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to lucerne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found on the plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It crawls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It has legs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucerne weevil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[There is regular notching of leaf margins]]></category>

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		<title>Lucerne weevil larvae</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=lucerne-weevil-larvae</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=lucerne-weevil-larvae#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 01:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Damage is to lucerne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to plant roots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found in the soil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found on the soil surface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is a larva/grub/caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is smaller than 5 mm long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lucerne weevil larvae]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sitona weevil larvae]]></category>

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		<title>Whitefringed weevil adult</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=whitefringed-weevil-adult</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=whitefringed-weevil-adult#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on clover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on ryegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to lucerne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found on the plant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It crawls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It has legs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is larger than 1 cm in size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[There is regular notching of leaf margins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitefringed weevil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hardwick, S. (2004) Colonisation of renovated pastures in Waikato by four coleopteran species. New Zealand Plant Protection, 57, 10-12. Read full text.]]></description>
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<li>Hardwick, S. (2004) Colonisation of renovated pastures in Waikato by four coleopteran species. <em>New Zealand Plant Protection,</em> <strong>57,</strong> 10-12. <em><a href="http://www.nzpps.org/journal/57/nzpp_573040.pdf" target="_blank">Read full text.</a></em></li>
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		<title>Whitefringed weevil larvae</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=whitefringed-weevil-larvae</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=whitefringed-weevil-larvae#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2014 00:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on ryegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to lucerne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to plant roots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Found in the soil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is a larva/grub/caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is larger than 1 cm in size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is smaller than 5 mm long]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whitefringed weevil larvae]]></category>

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		<title>Tropical grass webworm</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=tropical-grass-webworm</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=tropical-grass-webworm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2014 22:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on ryegrass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to kikuyu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It crawls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is a larva/grub/caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is larger than 1 cm in size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[There is irregular shaped feeding damage to leaves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropical grass webworm]]></category>

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		<title>Striped chafer adult</title>
		<link>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=striped-chafer-adult</link>
		<comments>http://agpest.co.nz/?pesttypes=striped-chafer-adult#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2014 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[AgPest]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Beetles are striped and hairy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Damage is to Fodder beet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It crawls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It has legs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It is larger than 1 cm in size]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Striped chafer adult]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[There is irregular shaped feeding damage to leaves]]></category>

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