(ABC 6 News) — Corn, alfalfa, and soybeans are just a few of the crops found here in southeast Minnesota. However, alfalfa is sometimes accompanied by the all-too-common alfalfa weevil.

The average rice water weevil swimming speed was 1.53 (±0.15 SE) cm per s with a range of 0.88 to 2.52 cm per s. Weevils averaged 5.67 (±0.22 SE) strokes per s. The mode of swimming by L. oryzophilus ...

Few things can strike fear into the heart of a banana farmer more than finding an infestation of the banana weevil. Females of this coffee bean–sized insect lay their eggs between the plant’s ...

Weevils can chew through paper, cardboard, and thin plastic packaging. 2. Use natural repellents: Use strong aromas like bay leaves, cloves, garlic, and crushed peppercorns to repel weevils.

As the first alfalfa harvest ramps up, alfalfa weevil larvae have become common in alfalfa sweep net collections. Feeding pressure has increased in southern Wisconsin fields. Sampling across Columbia, ...

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Increased sexual stimulation in weevil aggregations appears to be semiochemically-mediated. Visual and tactile cues were eliminated as contributing stimuli in simulated aggregation arenas. Males were ...

Pea leaf weevils were a challenging pest for pea growers near the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border in 2024. Conditions are right for a repeat performance.

A central Nebraska farmer says the quality of the first cutting of alfalfa hay was extremely poor to do high weevil pressure. Clay Govier tells Brownfield, “It was getting pretty bad. I feel like the ...

It's been a relatively slow alfalfa weevil season compared to previous years, though some reports of high population fields have trickled in during June. Most are mature larvae (i.e., fourth instar) ...