{"id":964,"date":"2025-05-27T18:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/?p=964"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:39:23","slug":"black-vine-weevil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/black-vine-weevil\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Vine Weevil"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Black Vine Weevil (<em>Otiorhynchus sulcatu<\/em>)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>GDD Window (base 50): 400-900<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h4><strong>Overview:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Also known as taxus weevil<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Larvae are white, legless, and C-shaped with a brown head\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Adults are gray to black, flightless, 9-13mm in length, with a short snout and bent <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">antennae, and wings covered in patches of short, golden hairs\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Mature larvae are 10-15 mm in length and form pupal cells in the soil in early spring\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">During the day, they hide in the soil or in\u00a0dark spots on the stems\u00a0near dense foliage\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Eggs are laid in the soil near the base of host plants<span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">, hatching in 10-14 days into small <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">larvae that feed on roots until temperatures go down in the fall, when they move deeper <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">into the soil to overwinter\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">One generation per year\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Larvae feed on small roots at first, but move to the bark of large roots or the stem as they grow older\u00a0\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Infested container-grown plants may not show symptoms until planted in the ground\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Adults cause notching of broadleaved evergreen foliage and other host plants\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"11\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Host plants:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">100+ species (<\/span><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Rhododendron\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">spp.,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Taxus\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">spp.,\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Euonymus\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">spp., Japanese <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">holly, hemlock)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Management:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Cultural Practices:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Natural\u00a0predators:<\/span><\/b> <span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Entomopathogenic\u00a0nematodes<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">: <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">(<\/span><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Heterorhabditis<\/span><\/i><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">bacteriophora<\/span><\/i><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><\/i><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Steinernema\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">kraussei<\/span><\/i><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Place wooden boards on top of mulch <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">under host plants in early May, checking <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">the underside of the board in the middle of <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">the day for adults<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Reduce plant stress\u00a0<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Crop rotation<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Remove weeds from surrounding area<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Sticky\u00a0&amp; pit-fall traps for adults\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Contact insecticides:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Pyrethroids [3]: &#8211;<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">thrins<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">bifenthrin<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Systemic insecticides:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Neonicotinoids [4A]: imidacloprid<\/span>\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Considerations:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"LineBox SCXP104070041 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\">First foliar application should be <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP104070041 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\">made three weeks after detection of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP104070041 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\">first adult, and second application <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP104070041 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP104070041 BCX0\">three weeks after that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Will harm non-target species<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Biorationals:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"LineBox SCXP44438721 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP44438721 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP44438721 BCX0\">Fungus:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXP44438721 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP44438721 BCX0\">Metarhizium <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><em><span class=\"LineBox SCXP44438721 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SpellingErrorZoomed SCXP44438721 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"SCXP44438721 BCX0\">brunneum<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-966\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-966\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW1a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW1a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW1a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW1a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marginal \u201cC\u201d Shaped Notching on Rhododendron Leaves from Black Vine Weevil Adults. Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke of RCE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-967\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-967\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW5a-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW5a-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW5a-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/BVW5a.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Black Vine Weevil Larvae Feeding on Roots and Lower Stem of Plant. Photo Credit: OSU Extension<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h6><span class=\"LineBox SCXP56887253 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\">Disclaimer<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\"> &#8211; Materials do not cover all possible control scenarios and are intended for licensed professionals. Tradenames do not imply\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP56887253 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\">endorsement and are used as examples. You must strictly follow the label for each compound prior to use. Rutgers is not responsible for<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP56887253 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\">m is used materials or damages thereof. The label is the law. Labels will provide detailed information on use and restrictions. Additionally, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP56887253 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\">application intervals, compatibility, surfactant use, PHI, PPE, important and other key information is described in detail. 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