BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
Purple Loosestrife
Beetle Farmer Information
 

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Connecticut Purple Loosestrife Program Website


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  • Beetle Farmer 2008 Slide Show (Powerpoint presentation)  May 2008
    An alternate, printable view is provided in Adobe Reader format (7 mb .pdf)
  • Map - Connecticut towns where biological control agents released 1996-2011
    new gifJuly 2011
  • Consent Form -print and return the completed form to Donna Ellis new gif Feb. 2010
  • Adobe Reader (.pdf ) version
  • Watch a video presentation about Biological Control of Purple Loosestrife  February 2008 (38 min.-Windows Media Player required)
  • Purple Loosestrife Plant Identification  
    An alternate, printable view is provided in Adobe Reader format (14 mb .pdf)
  • Beetle Farmer Summary 2005  Oct. 2005
  • Beetle Farmer Summary 2004 Nov 2004
  • Beetle Farmer Rearing Supplies list Revised April 2005
  • To Volunteers & Other Cooperators of the Connecticut Purple Loosestrife Biological Control Program Jan 2004
  • Link to the University of Minnesota Extension Service Rearing Guide
  • Homegrown Beetles: Backyard Biocontrol Jan 2004
  • Pictures of Galerucella beetles
  • Purple loosestrife color brochure Adobe Reader .pdf fileget acrobat reader
  • Beetle Farmer Monitoring Supplies list Nov 2004
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    Volunteer Beetle Farmers:BeetleFarmer news

    Beetle Farmers:  A Solution for Purple Loosestrife Connecticut Nursery and Landscape magazine Issue 1, 2010
    News Article - Beetles to Help Eradicate Purple Loosestrife  American Republican April 2008
    News from other Beetlefarmers!   June 2007
    Beetle-mania New Haven Register February 22, 2007
    In this corner--Galerucella: Nature Center Rears Loosestrife Eating Beetles The Advocate January 30, 2007
    Invasive Plant Getting Natural Control  Derby, CT town website June 2006
    Riverbank Battle Connecticut Post Online June 8, 2006
    News Article - New Haven Register - Dec. 4, 2003 (opens in a new window)    
    News Article - Meriden Record-Journal - March 24, 2004 (opens in a new window)    
    News Article - New Haven Register - March 31, 2004 (opens in a new window)    

     

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