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We`re going to give one winner $4 in LR for making the correct guess.
.gif) Rules - No editing of posts. You can guess as many times as you like, BUT, another member has to guess in between yours. In other words no guessing twice in a row. Can you identify both the insect and the plant? If you guess BOTH correctly you win $4. If I need to give a clue later the winnings go down to $3.  
Aphalara itadori - the insect from Japan
I guess I should have paid more attention in Biology classes lol
Ok, maybe the answers should be in the same post, so here I go again after Mordk:
Aphalara itadori Japanese knotweed QUOTE (danmarius7 @ Mar 10 2010, 12:05 PM)  Ok, maybe the answers should be in the same post, so here I go again after Mordk: Aphalara itadori Japanese knotweed Well done, you`ve got them both. Please let me have your LR No. by reply or in a PM. QUOTE Japanese knotweed-eating superbug to be released in UK The Government has given the go-ahead for a plant-eating predatory insect to be released in the UK to stop the spread of the invasive Japanese knotweed plant. Wildlife minister Huw Irranca-Davies said that the tiny insect � called a psyllid � would be released after examining the results of a consultation held last year. The Department for the Environment and Rural Affairs says that Japanese knotweed, which is listed by the World Conservation Union as one of the world�s 100 worst invasive species, costs the UK economy more than �150 million a year to control and clear. The plant, which was introduced in Britain by botanists in the nineteenth century as an ornamental plant, grows at a rate of up to a metre a month, including through tarmac, concrete and drains. It is a problem for developers seeking to regenerate brownfield sites. Irranca-Davies said: "This project is not only ground-breaking, it offers real hope that we can redress the balance. These tiny insects, which naturally prey on Japanese knotweed, will help free local authorities and industry from the huge cost of treating and killing this devastating plant." http://www.regen.net/news/ByDiscipline/Env...ug-released-UK/ QUOTE (realist @ Mar 10 2010, 02:12 PM) Well done, you`ve got them both. Please let me have your LR No. by reply or in a PM. http://www.regen.net/news/ByDiscipline/Env...ug-released-UK/ U2297868 Thank you.
congrate danmarius7
Congrats
LOL, how do people get these
 Great ideas for contests Realist
QUOTE (Uncle Awesome @ Mar 10 2010, 01:10 PM) LOL, how do people get these Great ideas for contests Realist We`ve got some very bright members here.  Winner paid. |