A group of scientists are collecting data across the state, including stops in New Milford and Bridgewater, to learn whether countless tiny weevils have turned the tide against a fast-growing invasive ...

Alias: The black vine weevil looks like a small beetle that has an extended horse-like mouth and jointed antennae. It is protected by a black shell that has yellow spots speckled across it. Weevils ...

Although more than 1,000 species of root weevils scurry about the world, only a few cause problems in the home garden. The one most familiar in the Northwest is the black vine weevil, which commonly ...

These weevils don't wobble, but boy can they eat. Researchers with the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) released 1,000 herbivorous beetles behind ...

Q: Last year, most of the leaves of my liriope had small notches along both sides. What do you think this is? How can I solve it for this year? Bill Katschilo, email A: I think black vine weevil is ...

NORTH HAVEN -- In a remote thicket off the Wilbur Cross Parkway, far from the prying eyes of the general public, weed scientist Todd Mervosh releases his weevils. He has 500 of them in a small ...

A group of scientists will spread around the state in the next week to see whether countless tiny weevils have turned the tide against a fast-growing invasive vine that was first spotted in the state ...