Bangasternus fausti
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bangasternus-fausti-287-6528538
title:
Bangasternus fausti
text:
Bangasternus fausti is a species of true weevil known as the broad-nosed seed head weevil. It is used as an agent of biological pest control against noxious knapweeds, particularly spotted knapweed, squarrose knapweed, and diffuse knapweed. The adult weevil is dark gray and hairy and about 4 millimeters long. The female lays eggs on the flower heads at an early stage of development and stem tips. Upon emergence the larva burrows into the flower head or makes its way there by tunneling through th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of beetle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangasternus_fausti
date created:
date modified:
2020-10-31T00:27:15Z
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13
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