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Armed with a bright green beetle, these Darwin children are weeding out a serious ecological threat – ABC News
School students from Darwin’s rural area find an unlikely solution to a destructive introduced species — a bright green beetle that feeds on one of northern Australia’s…

Budding young entrepreneurs Jack Barker and his sister Kelly have come up with a unique plan to tackle the spread of one of northern Australia’s most serious weeds and make some money while doing it.
- Two children have hatched a plan to combat the spinyhead sida, a weed introduced to Australia last century
- It involves a beetle that eats the harmful weed, but not any native vegetation
- The pair has been selling the insects to neighbours to tackle the growing ecological threat
During the school holidays,…
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