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BIOLOGY OF PACHYLOBIUS PICIVORUS (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE) IN THE GEORGIA PIEDMONT 12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Rudolph T. Franklin  and
John W. Taylor Jr.
Rudolph T. Franklin
Affiliation:
School of Forest Resources and Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens
John W. Taylor Jr.
Affiliation:
School of Forest Resources and Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens
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Abstract

Pachylobius picivorus (Germar) is one of the weevils which is assuming increased importance as a pest of natural and planted pine seedlings. Brood development requires from 100 to 128 days during the summer. Weevils are long lived, with oviposition occurring at a rate of approximately 0.7 eggs per day per female for the life of the insect. There are two population peaks during the year in the Georgia Piedmont. These peaks reflect the response of the weevils to temperature and to developmental cycles.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 8 , August 1970 , pp. 962 - 968
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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