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Hope for allergy sufferers: Ophraella communa, the ragweed-killing insect, has arrived in France

2023-10-12T16:35:09.785Z

Highlights: Ophraella communa, the ragweed-killing insect, has arrived in France. Native to North America, this small beetle loves the leaves of this highly allergenic invasive plant. It has spread everywhere and in just a few years has become the nightmare of allergy sufferers, who are 1 to 3.5 million people who suffer from its pollen every year. Ambrosia had so far found no enemies in its path to prevent it from colonizing the whole of France.


Native to North America, this small beetle loves the leaves of this highly allergenic invasive plant whose pollen affects 1 to


In the fields, on the side of our roads, in wasteland or on construction sites... It has spread everywhere and in just a few years has become the nightmare of allergy sufferers, who are 1 to 3.5 million people who suffer from its pollen every year. Ambrosia had so far found no enemies in its path to prevent it from colonizing the whole of France.

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