Oct 16, 2014
New apple-eating moth found in shipment

A moth not known to exist in the Western Hemisphere has been found in a shipment of hardware being trucked into the United States from Canada.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the moth was discovered in an ocean container that originated in China.

The Wall Street Journal

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