http://www.universalhub.com/taxonomy/term/4834/0 en-US http://www.universalhub.com/node/26401 <p>Judy Lehrer Jacobs <a href="http://friendsofthebluehills.blogspot.com/2009/07/beetle-release.html">describes and photographs</a> the annual Neponset River release of Galerucella beetles, which, if they live long and prosper, will begin to eat away at the purple loosestrife that is choking local waterways.</p> http://www.universalhub.com/node/26401#comments Photos beetles Neponset River Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:12:42 +0000 adamg 26401 at http://www.universalhub.com http://www.universalhub.com/node/25388 <p>Jennifer Forman Orth <a href="http://massnrc.org/pests/blog/2009/05/whitespotted-sawyer-beetles-out-and.html">introduces us</a> to the whitespotted sawyer beetle, which people sometimes confuse with the dread Asian Longhorned Beetle, and which is now emerging from wherever it is they emerge in the springtime. She provides a handy guide to telling the two apart.</p> http://www.universalhub.com/node/25388#comments beetles Fri, 22 May 2009 13:41:29 +0000 adamg 25388 at http://www.universalhub.com