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beetles are not piled on top of each other, and leave until released. Paper bags with seams taped shut can also be used. If storing beetles in the refrigerator remove the blue ice otherwise they will get too cold and die.
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• In order to facilitate collections, The Nature Conservancy has provided nets to the following counties to be loaned to producers: Brookings, Brown, Clark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin, Kingsbury, Lake, Marshall, McCook, Minnehaha, Moody, Roberts. Call your county weed office to coordinate borrowing nets within these counties. If you have questions, contact Pete Bauman at  (605) 882-5140 or peter.bauman@sdstate.edu.