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What crops were the cane toads supposed to protect?
Sugar cane, they were supposed to eat cane beetles, thus the cane in cane toad.
What is the cane beetle?
The cane beetle is a kind of beetle that eats sugar cane. It is the reason why they introduced the cane toad.
Were cane toads brought into Australia to eat sugar cane?
No. Cane toads were brought into Australia to eat the cane beetles devastating the sugar cane crops in northeastern Australia. The toads were an experiment, imported into the country by the Australian Bureau of Sugar Experimental Stations to eat cane beetles, specifically, Greyback and French's Cane Beetles. These native beetles ate grass roots, bored into the roots of sugar cane crops and caused the plants to die and go brown. Using poison controls had been unsuccessful, so it was hoped cane toads would prove to be an effective biological control on the beetles.
The cane toad was introduced into Queensland to eat beetleswhat crop was it supposed to protect?
They were released to control cane beetles, which were destroying the sugar cane crop.
What was to control cane beetles in 1935?
cane toads
What does a cane eat?
The cane toad's main prey is insects, but will eat any animal it can fit into its mouth. This may include worms, large wood ants, beetles, smaller cane toads, fish, mice, rats, and other frogs.
What pest did the cane toad control?
The cane beetles that were infesting sugar cane in Aus.
What eats sugarcane?
Cane beetles.
Do bald eagles eat rabbits?
depending on how big them eagle and rabbit's size compare to be
Do butterflies eat beetles?
no they do not eat beetles. they eat leaves.
Do beetles eat trees?
yes. beetles would eat almost anything that's dead.
What do toads eat instead of beetles?
Toads are carnivores. Adult toads eat insects and invertebrates, such as flies, grasshoppers, spiders, beetles, crickets, grubs, slugs, centipedes, millipedes and worms. Larger types of toad, such as cane toads, are big enough to eat small rodents like mice as well, and small lizards. Since their introduction to Australia, cane toads have posed a great threat to native frog species, eating them as well.
