Notes on dispersal, longevity and overwintering of adult <i>Pissodes strobi</i> (Peck) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on Vancouver Island

Authors

  • L. H. McMullen Pacific Forest Research Centre Victoria, B.C.
  • S. F. Condrashoff Pacific Forest Research Centre Victoria, B.C.

Keywords:

Coleoptera, Curculionidae, <i>Pissodes strobi</i>,

Abstract

Observations of dispersal, longevity and overwintering behavior are recorded. Some adult weevils lived up to 4 years, moved at least 1.2 km, and many overwintered in the upper part s of trees as well as in litter.

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2019-08-28

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Vol. 70 (1973): Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia

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