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Bean Weevil - Acanthoscelides obtectus
About a couple of weeks ago I asked if anyone knew anything about the
dried bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus, of which I've had an outbreak in my store of dried beans. My last posting on the subject on the 25th February was: 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. This morning I had a letter back from the Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton and they confirm my diagnosis - it *is* the Obtectus. Their report was quite long but, to cut a long story short, they said that the most likely source of the infestation was the friend from Zimbabwe who stayed in our house over the summer. It is not an established pest in the British Isles, the only record of it being in what they call artificial conditions. If anyone would like a copy of their report, do email me (correct email address is below). -- +-------------------------------------------------------+ | Internet: | writing from | | Fidonet: David Rance 2:252/110 | Caversham, | | BBS: telnet://mesnil.demon.co.uk | Reading, UK | +-------------------------------------------------------+ |
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Bean Weevil - Acanthoscelides obtectus
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 09:41:00 +0000, David Rance
wrote: This morning I had a letter back from the Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton and they confirm my diagnosis - it *is* the Obtectus. Their report was quite long but, to cut a long story short, they said that the most likely source of the infestation was the friend from Zimbabwe who stayed in our house over the summer. It is not an established pest in the British Isles, the only record of it being in what they call artificial conditions. If anyone would like a copy of their report, do email me (correct email address is below). Have the men in moon suits left already? -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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Bean Weevil - Acanthoscelides obtectus
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 09:41:00 +0000, David Rance
wrote: This morning I had a letter back from the Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton and they confirm my diagnosis - it *is* the Obtectus. Their report was quite long but, to cut a long story short, they said that the most likely source of the infestation was the friend from Zimbabwe who stayed in our house over the summer. It is not an established pest in the British Isles, the only record of it being in what they call artificial conditions. If anyone would like a copy of their report, do email me (correct email address is below). Have the men in moon suits left already? -- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad |
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