Jerry,

Actually, the beetle population will fluctuate with the availability of
P. Loosestrife. That's why this is called a "control effort" and not an
"elimination effort".

Dennis K Rockwell
Kennewick, Washington
denniskrockwell at juno.com

On Thu, 27 May 1999 23:51:03 -0700 sanjer at televar.com writes:
>
>
>
>> On Thu, 27 May 1999 17:13:44 -0700 (PDT) Deborah Wisti-Peterson
>> <nyneve at u.washington.edu> writes:
>>
>> >snip<
>>
>> >there is a >beetle, genus Gallicaria,
>> that apparently feeds exclusively on purple loosestrife, and this
>beetle
>> is just now being >introduced into the fill.
>
>Ha--until all the purple loosestrife is gone--Opps--we didn't think it
>would
>eat other plants. Or that it would mutate into a 20 pound carnivorous
>beetle,
>genus Gargantuan, that attacks birders. Hmmm???
>
>Maybe they will just disappear when they are no longer needed. ;-)
>
>Jerry and Sandy Converse
>Grand Coulee, WA
>
>Never be afraid to try something new.
>Remember, amateurs built the Ark and
>Professionals built the Titanic.
>
>

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