Alf is a funny fellow and he digs up some good stuff. Today is no exception as he notes that Plant and Food research used sex to hook the media into a story.
Its about the Sterile Moth programme. Basically you get lotsa moths that are destroying stuff ( painted apple moth springs to mind) and you nuke the blokes. Blue balls. no fire power. Now you have to nuke em so they dont get sick and their wings fall off so they still mate..but fire blanks.
Much fun. We always reckoned that when they expired there was a market for the dead ones as glow in the dark bugs for kids bedrooms.
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