“a coquettish, hitchhiking bug”: the rise and fall of pestina, symbol of invasive pests and agricultural quarantine

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  • Who: Microsoft Office User from the University of have published the paper: “A Coquettish, Hitchhiking Bug”: The Rise and Fall of Pestina, Symbol of Invasive Pests and Agricultural Quarantine Accepted for publication in Environmental History , July 2024 Erinn E. Campbell Email: eerwc2, in the Journal: (JOURNAL) of August/25,/1966

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    Before Woodsy Owl and Sammy Soil joined the United_States Department of Agriculture`s cartoon pantheon, federal agricultural quarantine officers adopted a mascot of their own: a "bug girl" named Pestina. She`s a coquettish, hitchhiking bug that really gets around," declared the . . .

     

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