We are into summer now, and the weeds are showing their ugly or pretty heads. The Whitehall Biological Weed Control Project is finished with whitetop flower mites, yellow toadflax stem-boring weevils, and Dalmatian toadflax stem-boring weevils. Next, we will be monitoring for and collecting/releasing leafy spurge flea beetles and the red-headed leafy spurge root/stem-boring beetle.
Leafy spurge is a deep-rooted perennial plant invader from Eurasia. It has a latex-filled milky white sap that can irritate humans' skin and eyes. Cattle and horses generally do not eat it; sheep and goats will. Bec...
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