[APWG] NEWS: A beetle can save our water (biocontrol for tamarisk)

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/mar/23/beetle-can-save-our-water/

A beetle can save our water
But it would have to eat the thirsty tamarisk bush, home of the Southwest 
willow flycatcher, an endangered species
By Phoebe Sweet
Sun, Mar 23, 2008 (2 a.m.)

Diorhabda elongata is a very picky eater -- picky, but voracious.

Commonly called the tamarisk leaf beetle after the invasive tree it loves 
to eat, the tiny insect is the secret weapon against what some biologists 
have called the worst ecological disaster in the history of the western 
United States.

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