Kay Easton wrote:

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Pickle wrote:


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They are in fact called the phygelius weevil or figwort weevil. Cutting
off the affected areas and giving the rest of the plant a blast with
some general garden bug spray should do the trick. I had a few on mine
but picking off and squashing the adults and spraying the plant got rid
of them. Can't comment on their palatability to chickens though

Aha! Thanks; I'd looked through my insect books, but they seem fixated
on weevils that eat hazel.

You have the Collins guide, by Michael Chinery, right? ;-)

Yup. Clearly a hazel weevil fetishist!
Gibbon (author of the _Field Guide to Insects of Britain and Northern
Europe_) prefers moths :-)

regards
sarah


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