rootlets; later, on the cortex of larger roots. Infested roots may 
be stripped entirely of their bark for several inches, or they may 
be gouged out on one side only. Pupation occurs in cells formed 
eae es surface of the ground. There is one generation per year 
Damage may be severe in nurseries, especially to yews, azaleas, 
and rhododendrons. Clean cultivation and the rotation of seedbeds 
and transplant beds, and allowing infested areas to lie fallow and 
be thoroughly cultivated in alternate years, are helpful in pre- 
venting damage. 
The strawberry root weevil, Brachyrhinus ovatus (L.), a close 
relative of the black vine weevil, occurs throughout the Northern 
States. Seedlings of hemlock, arborvitae, yew, juniper, and spruce 
are especially favored as hosts. The adult is similar to the adult of 
the black vine weevil except for its smaller size and the absence 
of white specks on its wing covers. The life histories of the two 
species are also similar. This species also frequently causes heavy 
losses in nurseries and to ornamental plants. Hemlock and blue 
spruce seedlings have been seriously damaged in nurseries in the 
Northeast. 
The Asiatic oak weevil, Crytepistomus castaneus (Roelofs), an 
introduced species first recorded in North America at Montclair, 
N. J. in 1933, is now known to occur from New Jersey to Georgia 
and Missouri. Oaks and Asiatic chestnut appear to be its pre- 
ferred hosts but it also attacks hickory, beech, dogwood, hazelnut, 
and azalea (720). Adults are black to reddish-brown, irregularly 
clothed with minute, green scales, and about 6 mm. long. 
The Asiatic oak weevil is parthenogenetic and has a 1 year life 
cycle. Apparently, eggs are laid in the soil from early July to 
mid-September. Larvae have been found around the roots of oak 
seedlings at depths of 6 inches in the soil. Winter is spent mostly 
in the larval stage. Adults appear in the spring and feed on the 
leaves of sapling oaks and chestnut. They chew in from the mar- 
gins toward the midribs and devour everything but the larger 
veins. Later, they fly to larger trees to feed. During the fall, they 
sometimes invade houses in large numbers, presumably in search 
of hibernation quarters. 
Odontopus calceatus Say occurs from New England to Florida 
and Louisiana and west to Michigan, Iowa, and Missouri. It feeds 
on the foliage of yellow poplar, magnolia, and sassafras. Adults 
are mostly black and about 2.5 to 4 mm. long. The front legs are 
strongly incurved, and the antennae, mouth parts, and tarsi are 
usually dark brown. 
Adults spend the winter in leaf litter. They emerge and begin 
feeding on swelling buds and stipules on warm days in late April 
and early May in the latitudes in Ohio and Pennsylvania. In Flo- 
rida and along the Gulf Coast they may emerge as early as 
February. Later, as the leaves unfold, they also are attacked. 
Feeding damage consists of rice-shaped holes in the leaves about 
3 mm. in diameter. Eggs are deposited in the midrib on the un- 
derside of the leaves during May and early June. The midrib 
usually breaks at the oviposition site. The larvae bore into the 
leaf and mine the interior, commonly side by side in one or two 
groups. Occasionally, there are two mines per leaf. As the larvae 
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