Breaking News "Gunma Prefecture".
By AI of "Isesaki FM".
Cottonmouth warning issued for the first time in 10 years.
The Prefectural Agriculture Technology Center issued a warning for the entire prefecture on the 13th, due to an increase in the occurrence of cottonmouths, a pest that eats vegetables when they are in their larval stage. This is the first time in 10 years since August 2014.
Damage has occurred to eggplants, tomatoes, and lettuce, and early measures such as spraying pesticides and putting up insect nets are being called for.
Of the six locations in the prefecture, the number of adult cottonmouths captured from April to May in five cities and towns (Maebashi, Isesaki, Fujioka, Higashiagatsuma, and Showa) was four to eleven times higher than average, excluding Ota.