Garden Pests and Diseases: Dealing with Hibiscus Weevils in seeds., 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
trackin...

I just read all through the link you posted. Nowhere was it mentioned the small
weevils entering the seeds and feeding on the gem as it grows--or I assume they
feed on the germ. Don't know...but they DO make the holes in the ends of seeds.

The seeds that I have--all have the hole only at one end of the seed--so I have
always assumed that they eat out the germ. Might just be the seed matter???

Also--almost all the hibiscus pictured in the link are the Tropical Hibiscus--judging by
the leaves and photos. Perhaps it does not matter--but mine is a perennial,
tall (5' x 3') upright "shrub" which sends up tall stems from the ground each year. .

In the picture of the 3 different adult beetles/weevils, the first one looks like
the ones I found in good numbers in the seed pods when shelling the seeds.
Upon squishing these--there was a red stain, tinted with a bit of green.
I remember these had a snout. The picture I took (above) is too blurry.
I had my camera on macro--but I may need a super macro.

In the end--I question whether we are, actually, talking about the same insect???
If you look again at the closer shot of all the weevils on the edge of the plate
you can see how tiny they are--as they all just crawled out of the ends of the seeds.
See pictures below.

I will bookmark this site--though. Lots of good information.
Thank you, Gita