Citrus Root Weevil

These little EVIL WEEVILS have eaten my hole Basil plant within two days. They even started to eat my sweet pepper plants. They seem not to like garlic oil arter I sprayed my leaves within 1 hour they were gone!!

I will have to extract some info from a University of Florida paper on the little devil:

They are called, affectionately, the "citrus root weevil." "Adult weevils emerge from the soil and lay eggs on host plants above ground, the larvae enter the soil to feed on roots, and the pupae and teneral adult stages are spent below ground. -- Peak adult emergence .... is normally April and May. -- The most visual plant damage resulting from adult feeding is notching of the leaves of young, tender shoots.'

The report recommends targeting the insect with Parasitic Nematodes --- during the rainy season, through fall.