10 Farmers’ Bulletin 1260. 
GRAIN BORERS. 
Two species of grain borers are now established in the southern 
States. The /esser grain borer bids fair to become a very serious 
Fic. &8.—The broad-nosed grain weevil: a, Full-grown larva; b, pupa; ¢, adult weevil. 
This weevil is not found in northern-grown grains. It is now present in the south- 
eastern Gulf States. The adult weevil is slightly less than one-eighth of an inch long. 
It is distinguished from the rice and granary weevils by its much shorter beak. - 
pest of grain throughout the South. . The larger grain borer has not 
yet become a factor in commercial shipments of grain. 
LESSER GRAIN 
BORER, 
The lesser grain 
borer, known to 
many grain dealers 
more popularly as 
the ‘‘Australian 
wheat weevil,” be- 
cause of the large 
supples of wheat 
infested by it that 
Fic. 9.—The coffee-bean weevil: a, Adult; b, well-grown : 
larva; ¢c, pupa. The adult is about three-sixteenths of reached this country 
an inch long, of a dark brown color covered with a 
light and dark brown hairiness. (Chittenden.) from Australia dur- 
ing the war, is one 
of the smallest beetles injurious to grain in this country. It appears 
to be steadily spreading throughout the South, and infested grain 
5 Phizonertha dominiaa Fab. 
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