Where are the biological pest controls for creeping water primrose?
PDRTJS_settings_99857_post_449 = { “id” : “99857”, “unique_id” : “wp-post-449”, “title” : “BIOLOGICAL+PEST+CONTROL%3A+Where+are+the+biological+pest+controls+for+creeping+water+primrose%3F”, “item_id” : “_post_449”, “permalink” : “http%3A%2F%2Fconservationreport.com%2F2008%2F05%2F03%2Fbiological-pest-control-where-are-the-biological-pest-controls-for-creeping-water-primrose%2F” } My parents have a creeping water primrose (Ludwigia peploides) problem in their pond, which is impossible to control. Pesticidal and mechanical removals are expensive and have been employed with no luck. Mechanical removal can lead to fragmentation that can cause the waterweed to spread to other aquatic environments. I believe a better alternative is biological pest control, which is cheaper, a natural solution and is usually more effective. However, the availability of biological controls can be sparse or seemingly nonexistent for some invasive species. Although it seems that creeping water primrose is unpalat
