Les Tanner's Images
Organization: North West WeedsCountry: Australia
Web: http://www.northwestweeds.nsw.gov.au/
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| Image | Subject Name | Scientific Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1294051 | jointed prickly pear | Opuntia aurantiaca | Tiger pear can cause painful injury to animals or humans who accidentally walk into or otherwise touch a plant. A typical tiger pear plant is made up of many joined "segments", which are covered in sharp, 25mm spines. The segments, easily detach from parent plants and attach to passing animals, humans or even to the tyres of motor vehicles. Dislodged tiger pear segments are very hardy. They often lay on top of the ground for months before eventually taking root and establishing as a new plant. |
| 1294050 | jointed prickly pear | Opuntia aurantiaca | Tiger pear is a low-growing, jointed, cactus plant. New plants start from segments, not seeds. Australia |
| 1294044 | prickly pear moth | Cactoblastis cactorum | The larvae (black & orange striped "grubs" about 25mm long) tunnel through the plant, hollowing out the limbs and segments of the plant. Sometimes they destroy 90% of the plant |
| 1294045 | prickly pear moth | Cactoblastis cactorum | |
| 1294048 | jointed prickly pear | Opuntia aurantiaca | Barraba, Australia |
| 1294049 | jointed prickly pear | Opuntia aurantiaca | Asexual reproduction. Australia |
