Many strategies have been used to control leafy spurge,including the deliberate introduction of different species of flea beetles that feed on leafy spurge.Each flea beetle female may lay about 200 eggs in her only year of life.In places where flea beetle introductions have quickly established large populations that have grown and stabilized,a graph of the population growth of these beetles most likely would look like ___________ .

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An S-shaped curve is typically seen in population growth when a new species is introduced and the population initially grows rapidly and then stabilizes due to limiting factors such as resources or predators.

Many Strategies Have Been Used to Control Leafy Spurge,including the Deliberate