End: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 - 04:00 pm
Persons interested in acquiring flea beetles that eat leafy spurge to release on their own property can collect them at the following field day:
Benson County – 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 9 (alternate date Wednesday, July 10 in case of inclement weather) – one-half mile east of Pleasant Lake rest area, on the south side of Highway 2. Nets and refreshments provided.
All attendees are asked to help collect and all beetles collected are distributed evenly. Attendees should bring a cooler with ice packs to transport the flea beetles and are asked to bring sweep nets if they have them.
More information and specific directions to field day site is available by contacting Benson County Weed Board Chairman Tim Finley at (701) 798-2776.
The field day is co-hosted by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the weed board of Benson County.