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Biocontrol: Weed Projects
Biological Control of Mediterranean Sage
- Med sage weevil on rosette, difficult to see as it blends with the coloration of the plant
- Med sage weevil (1/2)
- Med sage weevil (2/2)
- Rodent droppings often mistaken for med sage weevils
- Jennifer Mata looking for weevils on the undersides and around the soil level of a med sage rosette
- Jennifer Mata looking for weevils among the leaves of med sage rosettes
- Jennifer Mata aspirating med sage weevils
- Carolyn Gibbs and Jennifer Mata collecting med sage weevils on med sage rosettes
- Carolyn Gibbs and Jennifer Mata collecting med sage weevils on on med sage rosettes
- Habitat view of the Summer Lake med sage infestation site
- Problems encountered while collecting med sage weevils on the med sage rosettes. Note bull thistle plants and rosettes as well as rosettes of yellow spine thistle, everywhere. Also notice the fresh droppings of cattle poop near the rosettes
- A rosette of bull thistle at Summer Lake collection site
- A rosette of yellow spine thistle at Summer Lake collection site
- Cattle Drive along Hwy 31 to the Summer Lake med sage infestation site
- Our view from the jeep
- Cattle Drive along Hwy 31 at Summer Lake
- Lake Albert, another site visited in the search for med sage weevils
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Med Sage Weevil, Phydeuchus tau
Med sage weevil, a closer look