On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, martin wrote:

But was it Acanthoscelides obtectus? From what I've read they will
attack only beans (of all sorts) and peas.

perhaps it would be a good idea to contact MAFF?

Ah, that's good idea, Martin.

Actually I remembered this morning that I have a friend that works at
DEFRA. I've emailed him and await his reply.

Men in moon suits will be knocking at your door in a moment :-)

I had two phone calls as a result of my email to my friend at DEFRA, one
of which was from a plant health and seeds inspector. From my
description, particularly when I said we'd had a visit from someone from
Zimbabwe, he took it seriously enough to ask me to send some of these
weevils to their lab. If they turn out to be non-indigenous then (he
said) I'll be hearing further from him!

I'll keep you posted!

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