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California root borers are considered an orchard pest. It has become a prominent pest of fruit trees in the Intermountain West region. The tunneling habits of the larvae can cause the death of infested trees. This can be caused directly, through girdling of the root cambium, or indirectly as the weakened host becomes susceptible to disease. [1]
Invasive species in California, the introduced species of fauna−animals and flora−plants that are established and have naturalized within California. Native plants and animals can become threatened endangered species from the spread of invasive species in natural habitats and/or developed areas (e.g. agriculture, transport, settlement).
Motyxia is a genus of cyanide-producing millipedes (collectively known as Sierra luminous millipedes or motyxias [1]) that are endemic to the southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi, and Santa Monica mountain ranges of California. Motyxias are blind and produce the poison cyanide, like all members of the Polydesmida.
The hooded pitohui.The neurotoxin homobatrachotoxin on the birds' skin and feathers causes numbness and tingling on contact.. The following is a list of poisonous animals, which are animals that passively deliver toxins (called poison) to their victims upon contact such as through inhalation, absorption through the skin, or after being ingested.
Largus californicus, also known as the California bordered plant bug, is a species of bordered plant bug in the family Largidae. It is found in western North America, as well as parts of Central America. [1] [2] [3] They measure around 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in length. Adults have a black exoskeleton with orange edges on the thorax and abdomen.
The giant mesquite bug (Thasus neocalifornicus) is an insect of the order Hemiptera, or the "true bugs".As a member of the family Coreidae, it is a leaf-footed bug.As the common name implies, it is a large bug that feeds on mesquite trees of the American Southwest and Northwestern Mexico.
The San Jose scale or China scale, (Comstockaspis perniciosus), is a hemipterous insect in the family Diaspididae. [1] It is an agricultural pest as it causes damage and crop losses to many fruit crops. In 1914, this species became the first documented case of insecticide resistance. [2] [3] [4]
The California toad (Anaxyrus boreas halophilus) is a subspecies of the western toad, along with the boreal toad. The California toad lives throughout the state of California, with the exception of south-eastern desert regions. [1] Like the boreal toad, it feeds on a wide variety of insects and other invertebrates.