Tiny weevils attack canola

By Malcolm Sutton
Updated December 24 2015 - 1:35pm, first published February 18 2012 - 3:30am
DATA LOG: SARDI entomologist Kym Perry with Mandalotus weevil specimens his team has been collecting this year.
DATA LOG: SARDI entomologist Kym Perry with Mandalotus weevil specimens his team has been collecting this year.

A HIDDEN pest is causing trouble in the Mallee. Up to 5 millimetres long, brown in colour and usually covered in dirt, the Mandalotus weevil is hard to spot in the field but its damage is not.

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