Images
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Banana weevil in banana corm. Adults attain a body lenght of 1 to 1.6 cm.
© Georg Goergen/IITA Insect Museum, Cotonou, Benin. Reproduced from the Crop Protection Compendium, 2004 Edition. CAB International, Wallingford.
Banana Weevil Borer (Cosmopolites sordidus). Adults attain a body lenght of 1-1.6 cm and are black or very dark brown.
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Grubs of banana weevils in tunnel in banana corm. The fully-grown larva is about 1 cm long.
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Pupa of banana weevil is white and about 12 mm long (picture much enlarged). As it develops, the shape of the adult becomes visible.
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Banana corm damaged by banana weevil. Note tunnelling by weevil grubs and rotting of corm.