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Beetle Busters: A Rogue Insect and the People Who Track It
64 pp.
| Houghton |
October, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-0-547-79267-5$18.99
(2)
4-6Scientists in the Field series.
Photographs by
Ellen Harasimowicz.
The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), an invasive species, threatens "the entire northeastern hardwood forest." In Worcester, Massachusetts, scientists and residents hypothesize that destroying all of Worcester's infected trees--i.e., the ALB habitat--will eradicate the beetle. Clear photographs, charts, diagrams, and a straightforward text outline the problem, from the beetle's invasion to the trees' destruction and replanting. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2015