The University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station scientists will release weevils — a small, herbivorous beetle — to control an invasive plant called the “mile-a-minute vine” in Ridgefield at 10 a.m. today.
The beneficial weevils have been introduced into 12 Connecticut towns since 2009.
The mile-a-minute vine, scientifically known as Persicaria perfoliata, is a highly invasive, non-native annual vine that is one of 97 plants on the state’s invasive plant list.
To learn about the plant, go to: http://www.mam.uconn.edu/