https://www.scottarboretum.org/excited-about-weevils/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 21:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 https://www.scottarboretum.org/excited-about-weevils/#comment-548 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:16:17 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=1429#comment-548 The early research by the Forest Service suggested it is host-specific to mile-a-minute vine. Ellen Lake of University of Delaware continues to investigate and study this weevil to see if it will eat other ‘desirable’ plants or not.

]]> https://www.scottarboretum.org/excited-about-weevils/#comment-547 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:06:39 +0000 http://blogs.scottarboretum.org/gardenseeds/?p=1429#comment-547 This little fellow sounds like a winner. However, I read the protocol study about this weevil and saw nothing that assured me that he/she wouldn’t eat other ‘desirable’ plants and turn into a terror on multi-legs !! We must all remember the Gypsy Moth !! Is MAM this weevil’s only food ??

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