Pepper weevil—Anthonomus aenotinctus
Adult pepper weevils are dark, robust snout beetles 0.13 inch long, with beaks longer than their head
and thorax. Larvae are less than 0.25 inch long, white, legless, and found inside fruit. Pupae, also found
in fruit, are white to light brown.
Damage
Buds or fruits turn yellow. Buds or young pods may drop from the plant. The remaining pods may become
misshapen and develop yellow or red blotches. The pods are marred by holes.
SolutionsDestroying pepper plants as soon as the harvest is over should reduce weevil problems the following year.
Destroy nightshade plants, an alternative host, wherever they occur.
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Pepper
weevil adult
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