The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 04/06/2011
Caterpillars plaguing a district in the Central Java town of Kendal have now spread to two other nearby districts, aggravating the people and destroying plants.
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Kompas.com reported Wednesday that while last week caterpillars were concentrated in Kendal district, they were now plaguing Ngampel and Brangsong Kendal districts.
“The number of caterpillars is growing,” Eko Suyono, a resident of Bugangin village in Kendal district, said Wednesday.
Eko, a public officer at the local public works agency, said he now could not work comfortably because caterpillars were entering his office.
Kendal agriculture agency officer Sudoyo said his office had received complaints regarding the caterpillars from the communities and that it was spraying pesticide and tree lopping in an attempt to reduce the caterpillar population.
Sudoyo added, however, that it would take time to get the situation under control.
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