I’m sure you know purple loosestrife, even if you don’t know its name. It’s a big, tall clumping plant bearing bright pinkish-purple flowers and it’s appearing now in your neighborhood, especially in ...

They burned it, mowed it, sprayed it and flooded it. But nothing killed the purple loosestrife weed, which has become a regional plague, until officials at the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge ...

A team of Michigan Tech faculty recently defeated an unlikely invader: a pretty purple flower. DECEMBER 3, 2003 -- A team of Michigan Tech faculty recently defeated an unlikely invader: a pretty ...

A great joy of being an entomologist is so many of the little bugs you discover are SHINY. Today's Moment of Nature Zen is a great example; this little beetle is only 1.7cm long (less than an inch), ...

BOYNE CITY — The beetles are coming to Boyne City — not the well-know musical group, but rather insects that will eat an invasive plant. At its most recent regular meeting last week, the Boyne City ...

Have you been wondering about those roadside wildflowers that in the last few weeks have burst into a sea of purple? Let me introduce you to purple loosestrife, also known as lythrum salicaria. Do not ...

into the ankle-deep muck of the wetland. After a few quick tugs, hundreds of tiny beetles were released into the ecosystem to fight an invasive species. Stage was one of a half-dozen volunteers who ...

Purple loosestrife — chances are you’ve seen it growing along the roads, and you may even have thought its purple spires were a thing of beauty. SUNY Potsdam Professor Dr. Jessica Rogers is passionate ...

If I read my notes correctly, Thomas Eisner once had a pet thrush named Sybil who rejected only five insects out of the hundreds the entomologist offered her. They were all beetles. And one of them ...