The cane toad itself became a pest and has destroyed much of the wildlife on that continent.

蔗蜍本身变成了一种害虫，并且已经破坏了那片大陆上的很多野生动物。

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In the late 1960s, when Sri Lanka's flourishing coconut groves were plagued by leaf-mining hispides, a larval parasite imported from Singapore brought the pest under control.

20世纪60年代末期，当斯里兰卡繁荣的椰子果园被潜叶昆虫侵扰时，一种从新加坡引进的寄生幼虫将这种害虫控制住了。

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Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.

每年有10%的作物受损于一种叫做玉米根虫的害虫。

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