[APWG] NEWS: A beetle can save our water (biocontrol for tamarisk)
Olivia Kwong
plant at plantconservation.org
Mon Mar 24 09:39:40 CDT 2008
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.
See the link above for the full article text.
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