Flea Beetle Field Day - Morton/Grant Counties

Field days have been scheduled to collect and redistribute flea beetles that eat leafy spurge.

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said persons interested in acquiring the flea beetles to release on their own property can collect them from established populations at the field day sites.

“Leafy spurge continues to be one of North Dakota’s most difficult-to-control noxious weeds,” Goehring said. “Using the flea beetles for biological control, as part of an integrated pest management plan, has proven to be an effective tool in combatting leafy spurge infestations.”

All attendees are asked to help collect and all beetles collected are distributed evenly.

Attendees should bring a cooler with ice packs (not loose ice) to transport the flea beetles, and are asked to bring sweep nets if they have them.

This is at the Boy Scout Camp at Lake Tschida. Lunch and refreshments provided.

You may also like the following events from North Dakota Department of Agriculture:

• Next month, 8th July, 08:00 am, Project Safe Send - Cooperstown in Cooperstown
• Next month, 10th July, 08:00 am, Project Safe Send - Devils Lake in Devils Lake
• Next month, 11th July, 08:00 am, Project Safe Send - Rugby in Rugby

Also check out other Flea Markets in Elgin.