I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.
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7 thoughts on “Black vine weevil”
Proper nasty critters
Their larvae eat the roots of healthy plants
The first thing you know about it a prised plant is mysteriously dead
I always use vine weevil nematodes that if used in Spring and Autumn do a really great job
I hope he stays away from the greenhouse. I used to get Rose chafer grubs in the greenhouse bed and had to empty out and sift the soil every two years or so.
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Proper nasty critters
Their larvae eat the roots of healthy plants
The first thing you know about it a prised plant is mysteriously dead
I always use vine weevil nematodes that if used in Spring and Autumn do a really great job
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I hope he stays away from the greenhouse. I used to get Rose chafer grubs in the greenhouse bed and had to empty out and sift the soil every two years or so.
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Dude!!!
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Lucky it’s not a black widow.
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Evil weevil! Such an awesome haiku; relatable in both the insect and human worlds.
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Except the syllable count… I may have to rewrite!
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Hmm. I didn’t even notice that!
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