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

Speckled snout beetles/bud nibblers (291); banded fruit weevils (292).

PHOTO 291. The eating/devouring of young shoot tips and leaves by speckled snout beetles/bud nibblers – with premature lateral shoot growth – is illustrated by this example. Seeing that such situations can be very confusing, it is recommended that expert advice be sought. As in Photo 290, snails were not involved.

PHOTO 292. Characteristic feeding patterns of banded fruit weevils are associated with non-stringy, clear-cut holes (the edges of which turn brown quickly). Also note the half-moon shaped format of holes at the leaf edges.

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