The pecan weevil is a small beetle with a long snout. It emerges from the ground in late August, about the time nuts begin to harden, usually following a heavy rain. After the nut kernels have hardened, the female uses her long snout to chew a hole in the side of the nut and deposits her egg in little pockets in the nut. Creamy white grubs with reddish brown heads hatch and feed inside the nuts during the fall. They leave the nut in late fall or early winter, fall to the ground, and pupate in the soil. Photo: Clemson University USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, bugwood.org
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Many upcoming meetings and grower workshops have been cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19. Please check with the host for any upcoming meetings.
August 9-12, 2020 Northern Nut Growers Association Annual Meeting: Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, PA. Attention: The Conference Committee is considering postponing the 2020 NNGA Conference. Please stay tuned to nutgrowing.org for more information.
North American Fruit Explorers meeting: Cancelled. Previously scheduled for August 14-16 in Santa Rosa, CA.
September 17, 2020 KSU Third Thursday Thing Sustainable Agriculture Workshop. Topic: Horticulture. Please contact Sheri Crabtree at sheri.crabtree@kysu.edu, 502-597-6375 or Shelley Spiggle at shelley.spiggle@kysu.edu, 502-597-6325.
Jan. 4-5, 2021 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference, Sloan Convention Center, 1021 Wilkinson Trace, Bowling Green, KY 42103. Contact Cindy Finneseth 859-490-0889, info@kyhortcouncil.org