The beech leaf-mining weevil isn't very big at only two millimetres in length. But Acadia University biology professor Kirk Hillier says it shouldn't be underestimated because of its size. The tiny ...

Few things can strike fear into the heart of a banana farmer more than finding an infestation of the banana weevil. Females of this coffee bean–sized insect lay their eggs between the plant’s leaves ...

Abu Dhabi, 23rd July 2013 (WAM) - The Abu Dhabi Farmers? Services Centre (ADFSC) has managed to trap about two million red palm weevil in local farms of Abu Dhabi during the first half of 2013 within ...

Abu Dhabi, 17th July 2010 (WAM) -- The Ministry of Environment and Water has signed a one million Dirham contract for purchase and supply of 30,000 pheromone traps and 360,000 pheromone nets as part ...

A day in New Zealand's Ashburton Lakes region led to an unexpected discovery when farmer John Evans stumbled upon a new population of critically endangered Canterbury knobbled weevils, according to ...

Tiny pests can sneak into any home through hidden cracks and openings. Weevils, a common beetle variety, are unwelcome visitors sometimes found in dry pantry goods such as flour, grain, cornmeal, or ...