Weevil, bean, adult

Dry beans tunneled. Cause Bean weevils. Adults are gray or brown, /io"- / " long snout beetles. Larvae are small and light-colored. To control this storage pest, dry seed in a 125°F oven for 25 minutes, or store at 0°F for 3-4 days to kill larvae. 

Szentesi, A. (1981) Pheromone-like substances affecting host-related behavior of larvae and adults in the dry bean weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus. Ent. exp. appl., 30, 219-26. 

Sevin is a effective insecticide for the Mexican bean larva and adults, bean aphids, armyworms, German roaches, rice weevil. Eastern caterpillars, milkweed bug and Colorado potato beetle. Sevin is a particularly effective insecticide, possessing a combination of desirable properties. Its broad spectrum of activity, its long residual action, and its effectiveness against insects which are resistant to many common types of Insects and its low mammalian toxicity combine to make it one of the most outstanding insecticides ever developed. 

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