Last night's was pure luck. I had switched off the torch and was heading in when I heard a crunch underfoot. Looked down and I'd stood on a big one walking towards the Geum pot. Result!!
Tonight I found another large one on the wall walking towards the table and the pot I knock them into!
A slow start but I found a hoard hiding in the hylotelephiums to bring the night's total to seven. Tonight's wildlife highlight was watching a mouse creep down to the pond for a drink.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
So I just need some sort of trap and a couple of incontinent weevils and I can go to bed early for once? It seems a bit pointless for gardeners when a quick night hunt with a torch will tell you if you have weevils or not though but it would be nice not to worry that plants you're buying are going to infect the garden. I wonder how far the smell travels? I wouldn't want to go attracting weevils from miles around either.
My new theory is that some nocturnal insects have pigments that glow under UV light. From what I can tell vine weevil eyes should glow blue at least and this may make them easier to spot. I'm going to try and get hold of a UV torch to try out and see if it's of any help at all. If nothing else it might make for fun macro photography.
Last night I only found five despite the weather being ideal for them. I take this as a good sign.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Interesting @jamessayersbrown. Probably will only work under glass or in polytunnels though. Till then it's onwards and upwards with the umbrella and broom, although need to stock up on brollies! Found 4 last night
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I'll be at 'em!
And there I was thinking that Heleniums are relatively safe from Weevils...
I've found them on plants that are on the "safe list" I found online.
If they are around they will go on pretty much anything.
The weather doesn't seem to put them off either. I found some last night and it was raining and really windy.
I'm making it my mission to find something that attracts them. I will find it. I wanna be like the pied piper for weevils! Haha!
You can see how much they get to me. Having a pots-only garden is very stressful!
Last night's was pure luck. I had switched off the torch and was heading in when I heard a crunch underfoot. Looked down and I'd stood on a big one walking towards the Geum pot. Result!!
Tonight I found another large one on the wall walking towards the table and the pot I knock them into!
They're making it easy!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50476174
Till then it's onwards and upwards with the umbrella and broom, although need to stock up on brollies!
Found 4 last night