Several thousand tiny weevils are set to be released on June 18 in four sites in Calhoun County to target the invasive mile-a-minute weed in Michigan.
In the coming weeks, the Barry, Calhoun, Kalamazoo Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area will test Michigan’s first release of the mile-a-minute weevil.
The weevils, a small herbivorous beetle, are being utilized as a biological control agent in an attempt to reduce populations of the mile-a-minute weed…