Cactoblastis Memorial Hall is a heritage-listed memorial at Warrego Highway, Boonarga, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built in 1936...

to Cactoblastis cactorum was erected in Dalby, Queensland, commemorating the eradication of the prickly pear in the region. The Cactoblastis Memorial Hall...

1989. Cactoblastis cactorum likely entered Florida through importation of Opuntia from the Dominican Republic. It is estimated that Cactoblastis is currently...

Cactoblastis cactorum, an agricultural pest introduced to Australia to control invasive cactus species, and commemorated with Cactoblastis Memorial Hall...

Cactoblastis Memorial Hall is on the Warrego Highway (26°47′43″S 150°42′56″E / 26.7952°S 150.7155°E / -26.7952; 150.7155 (Cactoblastis Memorial Hall))...

Queensland Rugby Union Club (Gatton Campus). Dalby has a monument to the Cactoblastis cactorum in a park by the Myall Creek which runs through the town. The...

Experimental work took place in the town to assess the success of the Cactoblastis cactorum moths in the eradication of the pest. In 1926, the first moth...

failed. As a last resort, biological control was attempted. In 1925, the Cactoblastis cactorum moth was introduced from South America, and its larvae rapidly...

introduce the insect Cactoblastis cactorum in 1914, and it did feed on the prickly pear, but died out in 1921. In 1924, Cactoblastis cactorum was reintroduced...

Rapid eradication of the prickly pear following the introduction of cactoblastis larvae in the mid-1920s opened the area to closer settlement, and during...