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Rose Curculio - Merhynchites bicolor
  Baldo Villegas - sactorose@yahoo.com
 HOSTS: Roses. DESCRIPTION: Common
in cooler regions. Adults are 1/4 inch long, black to red beetles with
a black snout. They injure buds, preventing them from opening, and
riddle flowers that do succeed in opening with holes. Adults may also
kill the tips of new shoots. LIFE CYCLE: Larvae
overwinter in the soil near rose bushes. Adult emerges in spring and lays eggs on flower buds. Larvae hatch and feed on flowers. CONTROLS:
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