{"id":1132,"date":"2018-07-18T10:37:38","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2018-07-18T10:37:38","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T16:37:38","slug":"rhubarb-curculio-lixus-concavus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1132","title":{"rendered":"Rhubarb curculio <em>(Lixus concavus)<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1133\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rhubarb_curculio_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1133\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1133\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rhubarb_curculio_01.jpg\" alt=\"rhubarb curculio\" width=\"705\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rhubarb_curculio_01.jpg 705w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rhubarb_curculio_01-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/rhubarb_curculio_01-624x761.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Alfredo Colon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rhubarb curculio <em>(Lixus concavus)<\/em> is a large, easily identified, true weevil. It is common from New Hampshire, south to North Carolina, and west to Utah. It is uncommon in the upper Midwest, including Minnesota. At up to \u215d\u2033 in length and 3\u2009\u204416\u2033 in width, it is one of the largest snout beetles in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Rhubarb curculio adults are active from mid-May to September. They are found on stalks and leaves of thistles, sunflowers, docks, and rhubarb. They are one of only two weevil species that attack rhubarb. They can be a pest to crops of these plants but they are easily controlled.<\/p>\n<p>Snout beetles are easily identified by their long, flattened or cylindrical snout that is at least as long as the pronotum. Rhubarb curculio is easily identified by the bright yellowish bloom on the head, pronotum, and wing covers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/rhubarb_curculio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/rhubarb_curculio.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=1132\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhubarb curculio (Lixus concavus) is a large, easily identified, true weevil. It is common from New Hampshire, south to North Carolina, and west to Utah. It is uncommon in the upper Midwest, including Minnesota. At up to \u215d\u2033 in length and 3\u2009\u204416\u2033 in width, it is one of the largest snout beetles in the United [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[458,457],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}