When a showy, fuchsia plant runs amok in Wisconsin wetlands, researchers send a tiny beetle to the rescue. But the beetle isn’t native here, either.    

Identifying Purple Loosestrife 

Beetle Smorgasbord and other resources for teachers 

Raising your own beetles 

 Special thanks to our guests Molly Bodde, Tim Campbell, Brock Woods and Jeanne Scherer. 

 Find Wisconsin Sea Grant in all of the following places: 

Wisconsin Sea Grant: seagrant.wisc.edu 

Wisconsin Water Resources Institute: wri.wisc.edu 

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