Beetle-rearing Lab To Combat Invasive Vine In Fla.

MIAMI (AP) — A beetle-rearing lab run by high school students may help combat an invasive plant species plaguing Florida parks and yards, researchers said Wednesday. The beetles — called Lilioceris cheni or Lili — can help fight the herbaceous Air Potato twining vine that's listed as one of Florida's most invasive plant species and smothers native vegetation, officials said as they presented the lab run by students at TERRA Environmental Institute in Miami. By early 2014, equipment was being acquired for the lab and then the USDA trained the six high school seniors on how to develop the lab and provided the initial starter beetles to mate. The beetles rearing in the school's lab can eventually be provided to other agencies and private homeowners where the Air Potato is taking over native vegetation, officials said.

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