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Small weevils invasion!
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I have a potful of nasturtiums and a pack of as yet unplanted night- scented stock plants absolutely *crawling* with small long-snouted weevils. They are coming into the house as well, are they a problem if they get inside and is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I've tried to find out what they are and they seem to fit the description for wheat(?) weevils? If so, what are they doing on these plants? Thanks! -- Lynda Thornton |
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Small weevils invasion!
"Lynda Thornton" wrote in message ... Hi I have a potful of nasturtiums and a pack of as yet unplanted night- scented stock plants absolutely *crawling* with small long-snouted weevils. They are coming into the house as well, are they a problem if they get inside and is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I've tried to find out what they are and they seem to fit the description for wheat(?) weevils? If so, what are they doing on these plants? Thanks! Lynda Thornton Have a look at : http://www.med-rz.uni-sb.de/med_fak/...est/weevil.htm If you recognise them go to http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/faqweevl.htm for what to do next !! Jenny |
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Small weevils invasion!
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writes "Lynda Thornton" wrote in message ... Hi I have a potful of nasturtiums and a pack of as yet unplanted night- scented stock plants absolutely *crawling* with small long-snouted weevils. They are coming into the house as well, are they a problem if they get inside and is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I've tried to find out what they are and they seem to fit the description for wheat(?) weevils? If so, what are they doing on these plants? Thanks! Lynda Thornton Have a look at : http://www.med-rz.uni-sb.de/med_fak/...est/weevil.htm If you recognise them go to http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/faqweevl.htm for what to do next !! Jenny Hi My beetles are much smaller than these, just a few millimeters long at most, very round bodies and noticeably long elephant-like trunks, quite delicate. They also fly. Not vine weevils, nowhere near as large. -- Lynda Thornton |
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Small weevils invasion!
In article , Lynda Thornton
writes In article , JennyC writes "Lynda Thornton" wrote in message ... Hi I have a potful of nasturtiums and a pack of as yet unplanted night- scented stock plants absolutely *crawling* with small long-snouted weevils. They are coming into the house as well, are they a problem if they get inside and is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I've tried to find out what they are and they seem to fit the description for wheat(?) weevils? If so, what are they doing on these plants? Thanks! Lynda Thornton Have a look at : http://www.med-rz.uni-sb.de/med_fak/...est/weevil.htm If you recognise them go to http://www.tmac.clara.co.uk/urgring/faqweevl.htm for what to do next !! Jenny Hi My beetles are much smaller than these, just a few millimeters long at most, very round bodies and noticeably long elephant-like trunks, quite delicate. They also fly. Not vine weevils, nowhere near as large. I think I've identified them from searching photos on the web: Curculio salicivorus Anyone any ideas of whether these are a real problem and if I need to try and get rid? Thanks. -- Lynda Thornton |
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Small weevils invasion!
In article , Lynda Thornton
writes In article , Lynda Thornton writes I have a potful of nasturtiums and a pack of as yet unplanted night- scented stock plants absolutely *crawling* with small long-snouted weevils. They are coming into the house as well, are they a problem if they get inside and is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I've tried to find out what they are and they seem to fit the description for wheat(?) weevils? If so, what are they doing on these plants? My beetles are much smaller than these, just a few millimeters long at most, very round bodies and noticeably long elephant-like trunks, quite delicate. They also fly. Not vine weevils, nowhere near as large. I think I've identified them from searching photos on the web: Curculio salicivorus Anyone any ideas of whether these are a real problem and if I need to try and get rid? I can't find this particular species in the Collins guide to insect, but there are 500 species of weevil in the UK. It's the larvae which will cause the problem, if any. If it is the species you say, the species name suggests it eats willow (salici =willow, vorus = eating) so maybe not a danger to stocks and nasturtium. But where have they come from? Such a lot together suggests either you've bought them in inadvertantly, or that you've had a mass 'hatching' from larvae - if the latter, and your plants aren't already dead, it would suggest that they aren't doing much harm! My course of action, if I were sure they were native (and not accidentally imported from overseas) would be to remove them from my pots and let them lose in the garden, but I have a marked preference for not killing things. The Natural History Museum in S Ken used to have a weevil expert, but I imagine you wouldn't get a quick answer. Sorry - not a lot of help! -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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Small weevils invasion!
I would water everything in sight with a solution of Armillotox
Better safe than sorry "Kay Easton" wrote in message ... In article , Lynda Thornton writes In article , Lynda Thornton writes I have a potful of nasturtiums and a pack of as yet unplanted night- scented stock plants absolutely *crawling* with small long-snouted weevils. They are coming into the house as well, are they a problem if they get inside and is there anything I can do to get rid of them? I've tried to find out what they are and they seem to fit the description for wheat(?) weevils? If so, what are they doing on these plants? My beetles are much smaller than these, just a few millimeters long at most, very round bodies and noticeably long elephant-like trunks, quite delicate. They also fly. Not vine weevils, nowhere near as large. I think I've identified them from searching photos on the web: Curculio salicivorus Anyone any ideas of whether these are a real problem and if I need to try and get rid? I can't find this particular species in the Collins guide to insect, but there are 500 species of weevil in the UK. It's the larvae which will cause the problem, if any. If it is the species you say, the species name suggests it eats willow (salici =willow, vorus = eating) so maybe not a danger to stocks and nasturtium. But where have they come from? Such a lot together suggests either you've bought them in inadvertantly, or that you've had a mass 'hatching' from larvae - if the latter, and your plants aren't already dead, it would suggest that they aren't doing much harm! My course of action, if I were sure they were native (and not accidentally imported from overseas) would be to remove them from my pots and let them lose in the garden, but I have a marked preference for not killing things. The Natural History Museum in S Ken used to have a weevil expert, but I imagine you wouldn't get a quick answer. Sorry - not a lot of help! -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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