Probolinggo Agriculture Agency in East Java says the regency is rid of the millions of caterpillars that plagued the area for several weeks.
“There are no more of the caterpillars in Probolinggo regency,” an official at the agency, Arif Kurnadi, said Monday as reported by tempointeraktif.com.
The plague has swept through 58 villages in nine districts in Probolinggo, with the pests not only affecting mango trees, but also houses and schools.
He added that he was sure the plague had ended because the agency had not received any reports of caterpillar attacks for the last three days.
Arif further added that 540 liters of pesticide had been used in 58 villages in nine Probolinggo districts. Around 15, 000 mango trees, around 1 percent of the total number of mango trees in the area, were attacked by the infestation.
“The percentage [of trees infested] remains very low. However, this still constitutes the biggest attack [we’ve had lately],” he added.
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