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Pest outbreak forces destruction of 52 tonnes of avocados across 4 states

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Pest outbreak forces destruction of 52 tonnes of avocados across 4 states
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The culprit is the avocado seed weevil (Curculionidae), a snout beetle that penetrates the skin and lays one or two eggs inside the fruit, from which the larvae push through to the seed where they incubate and emerge as adults.

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