February 2021

• Watch for Bunting Billbugs in Turfgrass

  Shimat V. Joseph and Midhula Gireesh

  February 15, 2021

  

  Hunting billbug, Sphenophorous venatus vestitus (Family: Curculionidae) (Figure 1) is one of the important weevil pests of turfgrass in Georgia. It is called a billbug because of its long snout or “bill” which has small mandibles at the tip. Hunting billbug infestations in turfgrass are not easily detected until the first signs of feeding damage…

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