Backyard and Outdoor Living

SEEING RED

Many gardeners and orchardists living in the northern and eastern states of Australia will have woeful tales to tell of infestations by a small beetle that leaves their crops, orchard trees and ornamentals totally skeletonised.

The culprit is , commonly called the red-shouldered leaf beetle, a member of the mainly leaf-eating family. Although these beetles occur only

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