Pest on crop
Strawberry Bud Weevil (Clipper) on june-bearing 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
- June-Bearing Strawberry
- Total hosts
- 2
Strawberry Bud Weevil (Clipper) on june-bearing strawberry
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Signs on june-bearing 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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