







Dayasiri Jayasekara
says
Govt is a 'PITI MAKUNA'
Piti - Makuna menace
A recent hindrance to milky plants and fruits is the Piti- Makuna menace.
Piti -Makuna is a white invading insect that breeds on milk eliminating plants such as the papaya, mango, custard apple manioc, sweet potatoes or even certain herbs etc…like a fungus eating into the leaves and the fruits of trees.
"The Piti Makuna lays around 500 to 600 eggs at a time. The female fly stays on the underside of the leaf with the cocoon that contains the eggs. The cocoon is like a bundle of cotton wool. The male fly flies away and infects other trees while the female injects these trees and plants and extracts the milk or juices. The infected trees gradually grow weak and die within two to three months.
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