Was ready to be real mad at the spray crew, but little Neochetina eichorniae was the culprit! #biologicalcontrol #biocontrol #waterhyancinth #weedbiocontrol

A photo of a translucent yellow slug-like weevil larva on a leaf covered with scraped holes.

A photo of a planted buddleja bush with its leaves all covered with scraped holes.

On Friday I saw my first Buddleja weevils in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ. This is a biocontrol agent purposefully introduced into NZ to control butterfly bush, *Buddleja davidii*, which had been spreading out-of-control through much of the country.

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