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The adult weevil is about 2 millimeters long. It is brown in color during its first few days of adult life and soon turns shiny black. The female lays over 300 eggs one by one in the lower leaves and rhizomes of the salvinia plant. The larva is white in color and about 4 millimeters long. It burrows through rhizomes and feeds voraciously on new ...
Curculio glandium eggs are deposited in acorns by the adult weevil chewing channels into the fruit. The eggs are then released using an ovipositor, a long, narrow organ featured in female weevils. [2] These do not reach the acorn's embryo and are healed by the plant, sealing the holes and protecting the eggs from parasites.
The wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius), also known as the grain weevil or granary weevil, is an insect that feeds on cereal grains, and is a common pest in many places. It can cause significant damage to harvested stored grains and may drastically decrease crop yields. The females lay many eggs and the larvae eat the inside of the grain kernels.
The adult female weevil drills a hole in a chestnut fruit and deposits one egg inside. The eggs are laid into the cupules or around the peduncle joints. Eggs hatch in five to seven days producing large, legless grubs. When the larva emerges from the egg it feeds on the developing chestnut. The larvae leave behind frass and excrement.
Anthonomus eugenii is known as the pepper weevil.This beetle feeds and lays eggs on plants in the genus Capsicum and a few species in the genus Solanum. [1] A. eugenii is native to Mexico, [2] however, it is an important pest of Capsicum in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Central America.
In addition to the license fee, you also have to pay an egg inspection fee, which is $.0035 per dozen eggs. The fee can either be paid quarterly or per dozen. A minimum fee of $15.00 per quarter ...
Adult carrot weevil, Listronotus oregonensis. Carrot weevil adults spend the winter in a quiescent state, hiding in the top five centimeters of soil and in weed, grass and debris left in the field, or in field borders. [6] In spring, the female lays her eggs in a cavity that she digs at the base of the petiole of the carrot leaf.
This weevil feeds on a number of crop plants including perennial ryegrass, on which it is a major pest, Italian ryegrass, other grasses, wheat, barley, oats and maize. [2] The adult beetle cuts small window-like holes in the foliage but the larvae do more damage. Batches of up to five eggs are laid, usually in a single row.