Plague of Unidentified caterpillars invade Liberia

A devastating plague of caterpillars ravaging part of West Africa is not armyworms, as previously believed, but an unidentified species, experts say.
UPDATE UNIDENTIFIED SPECIES

The plague of armyworm caterpillars in Liberia has affected some 400,000 people and the UN warns of a second wave of infestations.

Farmer and village chief Richard Kerkula from Larwoi, in Bong county near the Guinean border, describes how the worms invaded his fields.


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