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Bad Little Bug

  • May 7, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

A small insect called the Asian citrus psyllid is causing big trouble in states that grow citrus, including Florida and California. While feeding on trees’ leaves and stems, it can infect trees with citrus greening disease. That’s a deadly bacterial illness for which we have no cure. (Photo via www.sccgov.org)

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