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Lockley will learn his fate on December 12.

A Tweed Heads plumber's anxiety was so acute he did not realise he was knocking on the door of the cockpit on a flight to Bali, a mistake that caused a hijacking scare, a court has been told.

Matt Christopher Lockley has been accused of causing such a stir onboard the Anzac Day flight that the Virgin Australia pilot was forced to call for ground security in Denpasar to greet the plane.

Lockley, 28, pleaded not guilty in the Brisbane Magistrates Court this week to interfering with a crew member, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of two years' jail.

His barrister, Chris Rosser, said his client was having a panic attack and was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

He became anxious when he thought someone had interfered with his bag and flight staff were not showing enough concern, Mr Rosser told the court.

Lockley tried to go to the toilets at the rear of the plane, but when they were occupied he went through business class to and knocked on the cockpit's door.

"His anxiety was feeding on itself, and things just became worse and worse in his mind," Mr Rosser said.

"There's a possibility in his mind that that's the toilet door he was knocking on.

"He wasn't threatening anyone, he had no physical contact with any of the crew. When they said sit down, he sat down."

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Matt Christopher Lockley banged on cockpit door during flight to Bali on 25/4/14 causing hijack alarm to be activated. Lockley has pleaded not guilty to one charge of interfering with a crew member. Source: News Corp Australia

UPDATE: A PLUMBER charged over banging on a cockpit door causing a hijack alarm mid air on his way to Bali will have to wait until December to learn his fate.

Matt Christopher Lockley, of a Tweed, is defending a charge of interfering with Virgin Australia crew which carries a maximum penalty of two years in jail.

Neil Cooper was flying the pilot of the Virgin Australia flight to Bali at the centre of the hijack scare. Source: News Corp Australia

He has told the Brisbane Magistrates Court he meant to knock on the toilet door during his April 25 flight while suffering a panic attack.

Crew triggered an alarm for possible hijack after he instead thumped on the cockpit door and rattled the handle while saying he wanted to get in.

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It led to the flight being prioritised and Lockley being arrested by armed Indonesian authorities when it landed.

His defence barrister Chris Rosser this morning argued crew over reacted by assessing his behaviour as a possible hijack considering the doors to the toilet and cockpit were next to each other.

Angela Demo was a flight attendant on the flight to Bali. Source: News Corp Australia

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Combat Pest Control specialises in Commercial and Residential Pest Control using integrated pest management programmes.

Pest control is probably as old as agriculture, and although many techniques have changed over the years, it's definition as a whole remains the same. It refers to the handling and enforcement of another species that is believed to be hazardous to a person's health, property, or the environment.

Although ants, termites, cockroaches and other insects play an important role in the environment we live in, they are more than simply an annoying problem to take care of

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Many household pests can cause significant damage to homes and even transmit illnesses and disease to humans in their contact. Perhaps the most important initial step to controlling infestations is to determine correctly what type of pest, or pests, you are dealing with. Doing this often requires fairly extensive knowledge of pest biology and habits. Since most of us either aren't willing to observe a pest long enough to identify it's species, and don't have the necessary knowledge to so, it's important to employ the assistance of a knowledgeable pest control service.

There are several ways for pests to enter your home. In every home or property there are trouble areas where certain pests gravitate, and these should be taken into account when faced with possible infestation. Knowing hot spots and taking measures to correct problems can help to prevent pests from taking up residence where they aren't wanted.

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Dave Appelhans

Since 1990, Colorado law has required management of non-native plants that threaten or disrupt the state's natural and agricultural resources.

The Colorado Noxious Weed Act, revised in 2003, establishes priority lists - A, B and C -- for weed control and enables county and city governments to manage noxious weeds through their own programs.

In Logan County, weed control dates back much farther than the state law. The Logan County Pest Control District is made up of five weed control district established as early as 1967, that consolidated in 1972.

Dave Appelhans, Pest District supervisor, said that while the consolidation "left some holes in the map," the district serves virtually all of Logan County. Cities and towns do not pay into the district, which is funded by a tax levy of 1 mil on properties in the district. The district also receives some state funding.

Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is a List A noxious weed that can be found in Logan County. List A species must be eradicated wherever they are found, according to Colorado law. (Noxious Weeds of Colorado/ / Colorado Weed Management Association)

The first, five-member advisory board for the district was tasked with controlling six weeds: Canada thistle, field bindweed, silver-leaf poverty weed, woolly leaf, poverty weed, and whitetop.

Today, the number of plants on the control list has grown, but many of the same weeds remain a problem. Among the known noxious weeds in Logan County are: field bindweed, Canada thistle, musk thistle, Russian knapweed, diffuse knapweed, spotted knapweed, skeletonleaf bursage or silverleaf povertyweed, woolly leaf bursage or woolly leaf povertyweed, whitetop or hoary cress, perennial pepperweed or tall whitetop, jointed goatgrass, leafy spurge, purple loosestrife or purple lythrum, and showy milkweed. Purple loosestrife is a List A plant, which means it is designated for elimination on all county, state, federal and private lands. List B plants, including Canada thistle, Russian knapweed, diffuse knapweed, spotted knapweed, perennial pepperweed, jointed goatgrass and leafy spurge, should be stopped from spreading. The plants on List C, such as field bindweed and puncturevine, are selected from recommended control methods.

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In an effort to stress the importance of science in the classroom while promoting the field of entomology, Rose Pest Solutions will give away more than 1000 Madagascar hissing cockroaches to schools and childrens organizations in Michigan, Ohio and northeast Indiana. The Rose Pest Solutions Madagascar Giveaway Program provides teachers with live insects in a plastic habitat and a factsheet with care instructions on a first-come, first-served basis. The FREE giveaway is available while supplies last and limited to two (2) habitats per school or organization.

Rose Pest Solutions is proud to help introduce the science of entomology to young minds in the classroom, improving their knowledge of the natural world, said H. Russell Ives, president of Rose Pest Solutions. Childrens curiosity makes them eager scientists. We hope this unique program provides meaningful opportunities for discussion, observation and drawing conclusions.

The Madagascar hissing cockroach is one of several similar species native to the island of Madagascar that lives on the forest floor near rotten logs. They are large, non-biting insects with a relatively long life cycle that are easy to care for and fun to observe. Since they are sub-tropical insects, they will not survive in our temperature climate and must be cared for indoors.

Rose Pest Solutions is the nations oldest pest management company that was founded by Solomon Rose in 1860 in Cincinnati. Today, the Troy, Mich.-based company provides comprehensive pest control services for homes and businesses in Michigan, Ohio and northeast Indiana.

Teachers and instructors in these areas who are interested in the program should contact Barb Craig, marketing manager for Rose Pest Solutions, at either (248) 824-7040 or bcraig@rosepest.com. For more information about Rose Pest Solutions and its Madagascar Giveaway Program, visit http://www.rosepestsolutions.com.

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Like a master of disguise, a species of fruit fly has proven adept at playing the impostor.

What scientists have for two decades believed to be four distinct species the Philippine fruit fly, the Asian Papayafruit fly, the Invasive fruit fly, and the Oriental fruit fly are actually all the same, a discovery that could help boost pest control measures and eliminate an unnecessarybarrier to trading goods.

Last year, researchers found that the Philippine and Asian Papaya fruit flies were indistinguishable. This week, a United Nations-backed study published in the journal Systematic Entomology, reveals that two more types the Oriental and Invasive fruit flies are genetically identical not only to each other, but also to the other pairing. All four will now be known as the Oriental fruit fly, or Bactrocera dorsalis.

In this most recent study, an international team of researchers marshaled data from molecular, behavioral, cytogenetic, and morphological sciences, among others to pull together evidence proving that several of these species were genetically the same. The team also studied a fifth fly, the Carambola fruit fly, but determined that it is a distinct species.

Farmers around the globe regard the Oriental fruit fly, be it four species or one, as a menace. Arriving inEastern Africa more than a decade ago, it hassince expanded its presence to most other regions of Sub-Saharan Africa. In West Africa the damage has been particularly devastating: farmers saw crop losses of more than 50 percent in some commercial mango orchards.

Besides killing crops, the invasive species turns countries that these flies call home into undesirable trading parters in the international market.

"Those countries who are free of these species want to maintain their pest-free status in order to protect their agriculture," Rafael Argiles Herrero, technical officer for the FAO's Insect Pest Control Section, told the Monitor in an email.

So these countries force imported fruit to go through quarantines to make sure the invasive fruit flies don't enter the environment. But knowing that four of these species are indeed the same means that trade restrictions like quarantines can come down, at least between regions in which the pest is already present, like Africa and Asia.

Pinning down the identity of these fruit flies also makes the battle to bring down their population numbers a bit easier. One effective method of pest control is the Sterile Insect Technique, or SIT, where scientists release into the infected environment male flies that have been sterilized through radiation. The sterile males then mate with female flies existing in the wild, who then fail to produce offspring, allowing the population to gradually decline.

"The SIT can't be applied if mating compatibility between the sterile and wild flies has not been demonstrated," Argiles Herrero said.

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