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Ranching Beetles and Fighting Invasive Species

July 29, 2010 -- Beetles are usually feared by naturalists for their destructive, tree-eating ways. For volunteers at the office of the Neponset River Watershed Association, however, beetles may represent a secret weapon to save plants from the invasive purple loosestrife plant. Read the full story to get the details.

"In the search for tools to fight the purple loosestrife, naturalists began importing galerucella beetles from Europe. Scientists have found that galerucella beetles eat only purple loosestrife, and the animal was approved as a control organism in the United States since the 1990s."

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