The Evilest Organisms in the valley
The duo of deception
Introduction
The Impact
Purple Loosestrife
From its last murder we were able to determine its physical features from a witness. It looks like a shrub and it is 3 to 1.5 meters tall. It has small flowers all over it arranged between spikes and its hairy leaves. The flowers are on the plant from July to September and the flowers are 7-10 mm tall. The stem of the plant is square and there can be up too 30 of them.
Red eared slider turtle
The victims
This western painted turtle can be confused with the slider but its common difference is their belly. The sliders belly is yellow and the western painted turtles belly is red. As well beside its eye if their is a red patch then it is a slider. These turtles are the innocent victims of the sliders crimes they can be hurt or malnourished or even blamed for the consequences on the ecosystem. As well wetland plants experience this fight against the purple loosestrife but they are not blamed for the crimes. We need to recognize these victims and others in their habitat hew rely on the victims and make the capture and riddance of these vandals even more prioritized.
Hideouts
Website: http://alienspecies.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/eng/content/sightings#report_sighting
Origin
Red Eared Slider Turtle
Purple Loosestrife
The Crimes That They Commit
The Reproduction and Spread
Purple Loosestrife
Red Eared Slider Turtle
The Capture
Purple Loosestrife
The plans to eradicate this criminal are to keep aquatic swamp land plants healthy so they are less susceptible. As well in controlled areas and other properties they ask for daily patrol to check for the invader. They look for collaboration within a community to rid the species from the area. And last but certainly not least please remember to clean all plant residue of boats and other vehicular that may have had contact with different swamp plants and dispose of them properly.
Red Eared Slider Turtle
The plans for this mischievous sort is fairly basic because the problems are all human caused. Mainly the government is in forcing laws to stop people from the dumping of pet turtles or else they will face a fine.
Interesting facts
Did you know that purple loosestrife is also known as the beautiful killer because of its lovely appeal to the eye.
Also The red eared slider turtle has a similar feeding pattern as baleen whales as it skims the waters surface for food.
A scary thing for the U.S.A is that purple loosestrife is inhabited in every state except Florida.
Last but not least did you know that the red eared slider turtle can live from 20 to 40 years that's as old as some of our parents.