A Guide to Grapevine Abnormalities in South Africa - P.G. GOUSSARD

Banded fruit weevil.

especially on the characteristic long antennae with which they are richly endowed – can take place in the immature (dark brown to black in colour) as well as the adult (pale green in colour) stages of the life cycle (Photos 300 - 303). Normally long-horned grasshoppers appear early in the season (September/October) and feeding onslaughts target young leaves in particular, with characteristic feeding patterns/damage initially assuming the format of stringy holes (Photos 304 - 306).

PHOTO 286. The well-known grapevine snout beetle – adults have characteristic elongated snouts.

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