Tamarisk Plants along the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, Are Being Defoliated by the Beetle (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Barbara

Tamarisk Plants along the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, Are Being Defoliated by the Beetle

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Tamarisk plants along the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, are being defoliated by the beetle. The untouched and green native willows in the background indicate the specificity of this form of biocontrol, and its ability to reduce the competitive pressure of the invasive tamarisk, while allowing native plants to repopulate the area as the weed declines.

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Tom Dudley

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