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WEEVILS!!!
Rainbowfish
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We have weevils everywhere.
Every summer for the last 5 years small weevils (5mm max) have invaded my flat. I have disposed of 3 this afternoon.
If I am finding this many inside, there must be a fair few around my containers outside. I am worried about the damage the grubs could do to my baby perennial and biennial plants over he winter.
What should I do? Are nematodes worth the expense?
I am not convinced they are vine weevils, would nematodes work on other weevils?
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You can buy a liquid that will do the job of dispatching the said grub.
So look out pot plants that are not doing well,
Anything like this
http://www.uksafari.com/woodworm.htm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've had vine weevils in the house in the past. They were in the pot of a large indoor vine thing and we didn't know what they were until we took one to the local garden centre to ask for id. Plant, pot and weevils were promptly consigned to the dustbin.
They (or rather their grubs) will definitely harm your other plants.
There are lots of weevils that aren't vine weevils and 5mm max sounds a bit small
In the sticks near Peterborough
They do not look like those woodworm but I can now add that to my list of bugs to watch out for :P
I would not worry about woodlice, they are detritivores so should help with composting. I wouldn't imagine they do much damage.
I am pretty certain they are a type of weevil. They have the same pointy heads as vine weevils.
Parents have always had a fair few vine weevils around their garden. They have never done enough damage for mum to care. (Her garden is survival of the fittest when it comes to plants) Those are always about 10mm in length. These are very similar but completely black rather than speckled with brown and about half the size.
I once had an infestation of weevils (also small and about 5mm) indoors - and I traced the source to some bird feed that had be placed in a corner of the utility/kitchen! I obviously got rid of the seed, and went to war with the weevils (squashing them as soon as they were seen!). They didn't fortunately, get anywhere near the food cupboards, but I have been vigilant ever since, and careful about where (and how) I store bird food.
It may be that there is a (similar) food source for your weevils?
No bird seed and flour is kept in sealed plastic containers to keep flour weevils at bay.
I am now searching through beetle identification websites, determined to find them. The ones in the flat now seem camera shy.
4th Weevil today
no idea what they are, but not vine weevil