The annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) is considered by many as the single most ... Eggs are placed by female adults between the leaf sheath and the stem of the plant. After eggs hatch, larvae bore into ...

The weevils damage a plant's pseudobulb, which can stunt the plant's growth and sometimes kill it. After having to destroy many plants in its collection and keep others in quarantine, the gardens ...

A farmer in New Zealand recently stumbled upon a new population of a rare species of weevil, conservation officials ... beetles clinging to a speargrass plant. Brown and bumpy, the insects were ...

Agricultural ministers have agreed on a plan to fight the red palm weevil, which ravages coconut, date and oil palms, experts have said, describing it as "a global threat". The strategy includes ...

A weevil that is smaller than a sunflower seed and causes enormous damage is botanist Charles Clarke's nemesis. The tiny orchid weevil, Orchidophilus aterrimus, has threatened to ruin the renowned ...