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SUPERIOR — Volunteers of all ages are invited to help collect beetles on Barker’s Island Monday, June 13.
The Galerucella beetles found during the hunt will be used to control purple loosestrife, an invasive plant that chokes out native flora, in Douglas County. Participants should dress for the outdoors and bring a few two-liter pop bottles, if possible, to construct their own beetle collecting devices.
Volunteers will meet at the Lake Superior Estuarine Research Reserve at 2 p.m., then head out to find and collect beetles in the area. The work is expected to take a couple hours, according to Douglas County Aquatic Invasive Species coordinator Zach Stewart. Participants do not have to stay for the entire time; they can help for as long as they would like.
