The tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis) is a species of leaf beetle. The common name derives from its main foodplant, tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), but it...
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repel the Colorado potato beetle, with one study finding tansy reduced the beetle population by 60 to 100 percent. In England tansy is placed on window sills...
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Longitarsus jacobaeae is a species of flea beetle known as the tansy ragwort flea beetle. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against the...
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elytra and wings does not always indicate that the beetle will fly. For example, the tansy beetle walks between habitats despite being physically capable...
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Chrysolina coerulans (redirect from Blue mint beetle)
graminis (tansy beetle) both have a mixture of fine and coarse punctures on the pronotal disk. Similar to other species of Chrysolina beetles, C. coerulans...
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The tansy is a plant. Tansy may also refer to: Tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis), a species of leaf beetle which feeds on tansy Tansy cakes, medieval...
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Jacobaea vulgaris (redirect from Tansy ragwort)
western United States it is generally known as tansy ragwort, or tansy, though its resemblance to the true tansy is superficial.[citation needed] In some countries...
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Chrysolina herbacea (redirect from Mint leaf beetle)
they only seldom fly. Visually, the mint leaf beetle may be confused with the much rarer tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis), as well as with Cryptocephalus...
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a rich invertebrate fauna, including tansy beetle, which here feeds on water mint rather than the normal tansy. Scarce insects include the variable damselfly...
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Schearer, W. R. (1984). "Components of Oil of Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) that repel Colorado potato beetles (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)". Journal of Natural...
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