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Brazilian Beetles Combat Invasive Species in Hawaii

December 13, 2011 Robert H. Westover, U.S. Forest Service, Office of Communication

This month a Brazilian beetle, tested for years by the U.S. Forest Service, is being released in Hawaii to hopefully devourer a non-native fruit known as strawberry guava. Though it sounds delicious, this colorful plant is invading and threatening Hawaii’s native forests and watersheds and has...

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