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  • Image: Carrot Weevil 1
    Credit: Alton N. Sparks, Jr., University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Carrot Weevil 2

    Credit: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Carrot Weevil 3

    Credit: J. Hahn, University of Minnesota Extension

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green arrowCarrot Weevil
Listronotus oregonensis

  • Adult creates small, circular, dark egg laying scars on leaf petiole
  • Feeding may cause leaves to wilt
  • Larvae tunnel into and feed on carrot root
  • Larvae are legless, cream colored, C-shaped grubs, up to 1/3 inch long
  • Adults are dark-brown, less than 1/4 inch long, and have a snout
  • Present throughout the growing season

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