Pest on crop
Strawberry Bud Weevil (Clipper) on everbearing strawberry
Anthonomus signatus
Weevil that lays eggs in strawberry flower buds and clips the pedicel, causing the buds to drop or hang.
- Pest
- Strawberry Bud Weevil (Clipper)
- Scientific name
- Anthonomus signatus
- Crop
- Everbearing Strawberry
- Total hosts
- 2
Strawberry Bud Weevil (Clipper) on everbearing strawberry
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Signs on everbearing strawberry
- ▸ Severed flower buds dangling from pedicels
- ▸ Reduced fruit set in early-flowering varieties
- ▸ Adult weevils on buds at dusk
IPM controls
- ✓ Targeted spray at early bloom if monitoring shows pressure
- ✓ Remove wild strawberry hosts at field edges
- ✓ Encourage parasitoid wasps
- ✓ Plant later-flowering varieties
Other crops affected by strawberry bud weevil (clipper)
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