Those of you who caught the excellent programme by Chris Collins, The Wonder of Weeds, will already be thinking of the opportunities the introduction of the psyllid will offer the angler. Set to chomp its way through the entire riverside population of Knotweed, but nothing else if the claim is to be believed, this little brown thing is likely to be mopped up in its millions by the nations hungry trout.

Which enterprising member is thinking of immortality by creating a self named copy of the next interloper to the watershed? Looks like an easy claim for someone; it’s a grubby little brown thing.

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I've just read it's 2mm long.... happy tying!

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I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't.

I'm no entomologist,but ive always been led to believe that introducing a non native specie ( if that's what it is? )was bad news for the native specie ie cane toad etc.I expect to be corrected,but like i said I'm no entomologist

Neil

Yeh! Not for me, but these little buggers mass mate and form a ball 3mm in diameter. Should be a doddle.

If it works, if it works, it should keep knotweed in check (so that the balsam can fully take over ).

Great programme btw, watch a copy if you can.

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Hi', Warren, I wonder if there are other plants targeted by the 'wonder bug'?
Has its way of life been exhaustively researched? Are there beneficial plants that it may target? The introduction of aliens has a nasty habit of backfiring on us, has it not? Witness J. Knotweed, H.Balsam and Rhododendron etc. Jada
PS Time for someone to invent a brown Griffiths Gnat look-alike.