Water hyacinth planthopper

a person in a marsh picking up a green plant

Photo By/Credit

Division of Boating and Waterways

Date Shot/Created

09/10/2021

Media Usage Rights/License

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Water hyacinth planthopper, which feeds on the invasive plant, is deployed as a biocontrol agent in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta by California State Parks Division of Boating and Waterways in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. Photo courtesy of the Division of Boating and Waterways

Facility

San Francisco Bay-Delta Fish and Wildlife Office

Ecosystem

Wetland

Species

Eichhornia crassipes

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