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How to Identify and Control Hollyhock Weevils
05.06.2024 - 16:34 / gardenerspath.com / Kristine Lofgren
How to Identify and Control Hollyhock Weevils Rhopalapion longirostre
My grandma loved hollyhocks, they were her idea of the quintessential cottage garden species and she would make dolls out of the flowers when she was a kid.
But she stopped growing them because, as she said, they always looked ragged.
They looked that way because they were devoured by hollyhock weevils (Rhopalapion longirostre, formerly Apion longirostre) every single year.
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When I bought my first house, I wanted to remind grandma of her childhood, so I decided to hollyhocks.
The first year, mine too looked absolutely ragged. I examined the plants closely and noticed little grayish-black bugs with super long noses crawling all over. And I mean all over, my plants were positively teeming with them.
That’s when I started my mission to do battle with hollyhock weevils. If I can beat them, you can. In this guide, I’ll explain how by going over the following:
What Are Hollyhock Weevils?Hollyhock weevils are small beetles originally from Europe that eat the foliage of hollyhock plants starting in the summer and then lay their eggs in the flowers.
Not only do they damage the foliage and leave the flowers looking ragged, but they also eat the seeds – a major problem if you are relying on these short-lived perennials to self-seed for the next year.
These pests don’t attack any other species, only hollyhocks, so you don’t need to worry about them damaging your other plants.
They can be found throughout North America, Mexico, Europe, and the UK.
IdentificationIf you have quarter- or eighth-inch-long beetles crawling all over your hollyhocks, you’re
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