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Friday, June 23, 2023

6-23 Dogbane Beetle, Common St. Johnswort, Musk Mallow, Common Elder

 6-23

Oval, shiny iridescent Dogbane Beetles feed exclusively on spreading Dogbane.


Fields and waste places are home to Common St. Johnswort, once a troublesome invasive that is now controlled by an introduced beetle.


Musk Mallow shows up along roadsides and the margins of agricultural fields.


And Common Elder is coloring moist places especially thickets.

John


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