Forest Service
Southern Region

Control of Pales and
Pitch-Eating Weevils
in the South

John C. Nord¹
John H. Ghent²
Hollis A. Thomas¹
Coleman A. Doggett³

¹ Research Entomologists, Digital Arborist, Southeastern Forest Experiment Station, Research Triangle Park, N.C.
² Entomologist, Digital Arborist, Southern Region, Forest Health Protection, Asheville, N.C.
³ Staff Forester (Pest Control), North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, Division of Forest Resources, Raleigh, N.C.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Historical Background
• Range and Hosts
• Biology
• Identifying Hazardous Sites
  • Hazard Rating
  • Nonhazardous Sites
  • Hazardous Sites
  • Guide to Determining Weevil Damage Hazard
• Control Alternatives
  • Delayed Planting
  • Chemical Control
  • Chemical Control Strategy
  • Preventing Large Population Buildups
• Appendix
  • Chemical Control Alternatives
• References