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Purple Weed vs. Beetle
hondo77 writes "How do you deal with an invasive, non-native plant? With a non-native beetle. This AP article talks about the non-native purple loosestrife weed, which arrived in North America in the late 1800s, and how it has been choking out indigenous native plans. After a study at Cornell, the Galerucella beetle was introduced in 2000 as part of a pilot program in Massachusetts to keep the weed under control. 'From what we know, there's no downside.'"
Then, we get snakes to eat the bugs, then gorillas to kill the snakes. When winter comes, the gorillas will just die off. It's perfect.
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I know this from much experience.
I'm very uninterested in beetles, but the purple weed...
When I first saw the title, I figured this was a hippy-related article. :)
Woodstock announcer: "Don't eat the brown acid-- Oh and for God's sake, stay away from the purple weed!"
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Skinner:
Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa:
But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner:
No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa:
But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner:
Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa:
But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner:
No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
First, the toad never developed a taste for cane beetles...
How can the cane not know it's supposed to eat the cane beetle?
Stupid toad.
I can't help it - I'm a 19D.
Introducing a non-native anything to an environment will eventually affect the environment. Look at N. America and the White Man.