Show alfalfa alf affa weevil life history by WW owens USAA USA 6 3 extension service articee no 1 the green w orm 0 m with a black head which eats the leaves hs one stage of the alfalfa weevil which every farmer knows tho he entire life of the w wee all 11 usually covers twelve tot lac months and itis on alyin the or for val stage for 0 one ne houlb but it 11 it if attalis time I 1 is 18 to h ta t w v vim 1 3 the he weevil ia and what it does do the ot other her eleven mon of its ita life in order to find spot at which to to destroy it the ahe wor worn 44 lee fe 18 but one month dring th etc emt L varying with algatt from may th roush june aej earlier some later but ui th age ed here atlle end of ninth it has grown a tiny twentieth oila dinch inch loav to its mature sizel thice el h of au a inch loog loca I 1 it I 1 drops down dow n to the ground an ana ald cur cu curt ap up and spins a round iteelia a white netlike web 1 c abid a cocome coco oE THeYo e 0 C cuon U t v i n ilis la i often attach eo ed to a curled up alfalfa alf a leaf moy readily be found inthe stubble the weevil stays inthe in the cacoon daxe a BK for about abdul two weeks do dalri ir I 1 g which vh ich time tinier t gradia liy changes from a ioto into a dark brown beetle alree tl ref ll 11 B of an inch larig Is around and andis is also able to f fly ay it can 6 four fourd d by seat ching to in the Jeor leor br look I ing hig ng on tle the bollap of the hayrack just after a lead of t the he second crop has been baken off the adult nestr eats enough alfalfa toda to do damage it until the next year spen dlo itha close to the ground u brath and in crevi I 1 aps cps in april it lays laws eggs io in the stems 0 of athe the alfalfa about about eight eggs egee are dep deposited osite d in each hole and one weevil aperges eggs rhese yellow eggs may be lo 10 huud u u d an alfalfa chien has bein been punctured ohp eggs hatch out small worms in about two weeks and the newborn weevil starts on its year of life |