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If you have a sick plant with no obvious cause present, use the search box on the right entering one or two words describing the problem. Simple phrases like 'leaves eaten' or single keywords like 'yellow' work best. As with the name search, matches are listed in the right column and displayed in the panel below.
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Vineweevil grubs
- Pest type - Insect larve
- Infects - Roots,
- Host plants- Bedding plants, Small perennials, Fuchsia, Other, Non-specific,
- Symptoms- Plants wilt: Plants loose in soil: Feeble or non-existant growth in spring:
Vine weevil grubs are a hidden menace tending to lurk in the loose compost of flower containers. Their presence usually goes unnoticed until you investigate why a plant is not growing too well and it comes away from the compost without any roots.
Close examination of the immediate area will reveal dozens of these small white maggots with orange head. These are the larve of the vine weevil, a small dark coloured beetle-like creature that also tends to go unseen due to its nocturnal habits.
Although these grubs tend to infect bedding plants and small 'rosette' type plants with soft roots, they do attack tougher looking woody plants, espesially when growing in containers. Fuchsias are a particular favourite.
The only reliable treatment for these weevil grubs is watering the soil with a systemic insecticide called Imidaciprid usually sold under the trade name of Provado.
This treatment must be applied early in the growing cycle of the grub otherwise you will not save the plants.