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July 28, 2010

Fighting Loosestrife One Leaf at a Time

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    As you may have noticed, the Celery Farm still has some Purple Loosestrife, a beautiful but invasive weed that chokes out beneficial native plants and ultimately can ruin marshes.

   What you may not have noticed is a silent battle going on against the loosestrife, waged by beetles specifically imported for this purpose several years ago.

   Bugman Extraordinaire Tom Burr took some exceptional shots of these insects at work and was kind enough to share them here.

   Writes Tom: "[Near the Pirie Platform], the Galerucella beetles were having a convention, performing
their duty as loosestrife munchers."

   Thanks, Tom!

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2 comments

  • Tom Burr
    16 years ago Reply

    I revisited these plants earlier this week and they are now nothing but crispy skeletons. Hopefully, the munchkins will find their way to the north end, where the loosestrife seems to be proliferating somewhat. But anywhere they are working, they are doing a fantastic job, at non-union wages. As an old Honda ad said, “Isn’t it nice when something just works!”

  • Carol Flanagan
    16 years ago Reply

    Yum, yum!

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2 comments

  • Tom Burr
    16 years ago Reply

    I revisited these plants earlier this week and they are now nothing but crispy skeletons. Hopefully, the munchkins will find their way to the north end, where the loosestrife seems to be proliferating somewhat. But anywhere they are working, they are doing a fantastic job, at non-union wages. As an old Honda ad said, “Isn’t it nice when something just works!”

  • Carol Flanagan
    16 years ago Reply

    Yum, yum!

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