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While also have started to spread to Banyuwangi, Probolinggo District which at the moment the District’s Agricultural Office, suspend efforts to spraying with insecticide. Because pest caterpillars in Probolinggo district began to be controlled.Seen from the number of caterpillars that die from insecticide spraying since a few days ago. In addition, many caterpillars that have been turned into a chrysalis.

Caterpillar pest had attacked Probolinggo since 10 days ago and as many as 46 villages in nine districts were attacked by pests.Meanwhile, a team of experts from the IPB has been in location for conducting research. The results are expected to know the cause of the caterpillar population explosions in Probolinggo.

After the district of Probolinggo and Pasuruan, caterpillars attack also spread in Banyuwangi, East Java. Since three days, following the spread of anxious residents Banyuwangi caterpillars that attack garden mindi and mango trees. Even the worm can make it itchy skin have also begun to enter the house residents.

Monitoring the media, today Tuesday, March 5, 2011, caterpillars enter the house through the door and climbing on the wall. Hundreds of caterpillars can also easily be found clustered around each tree trunk in the Village Bangsring mindi, Wongsorejo. As a result of the attack caterpillars, leaf mindi tree branches look out and live alone.

To break the chain of distribution, people do various efforts to improvise like a caterpillar that is burning on tree trunks and spraying with pesticides drug. The number of caterpillars make people anxious and confused if you want to move. Citizens expect governments to do the spraying and prevention as soon as possible.

Millions of caterpillar species are not only attacking dasychira inclusa in Probolinggo district but has also spread to the City of Probolinggo and Pasuruan Regency and Banyuwangi.
However, caterpillars attacked trees in the three regions were fewer in number compared with Probolinggo district.

There is one district in the city of Probolinggo who attacked the district Wonoasih caterpillars. While in Pasuruan namely in District Nguling.

Head of the Plant Protection Unit of Food and Horticulture Department of Agriculture to explain East Java today (Tuesday, March 5, 2011) to the media, that the two regions were the numbers a little caterpillars. If in Wonoasih only a few RT, whereas in Nguling there are 3 trees. But all are controlled by spraying. He explained, the number of mango trees in the three regions affected caterpillars reach about 14,682 trees. Of this amount, about 80 percent are controlled by spraying the pesticide material. All districts are controlled. But there are still some villages that have not been controlled, and to this day we still do the spraying.