Recently clearing out the polyanthus from a container after having a good
show this year I came across a vine weevil and promptly disposed of it.
I also came across a bunch of eggs white in colour and shaped like a 2mm
ball, these were in a cluster of approx 50 eggs.
Would this be the eggs of the vine weevil or some other garden pest?

"belto" <belto [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Recently clearing out the polyanthus from a container after having a good
> show this year I came across a vine weevil and promptly disposed of it.
> I also came across a bunch of eggs white in colour and shaped like a 2mm
> ball, these were in a cluster of approx 50 eggs.
> Would this be the eggs of the vine weevil or some other garden pest?

I'm not sure how big the eggs are. I've only ever found their larvae

Were they a bit like frog spawn?
If so they were most probably slug or snail eggs.
http://www.gardenopoly.co.uk/blog/images/snaileggs.jpg

Jenny

JennyC wrote:
> I'm not sure how big the eggs are. I've only ever found their larvae
>
> Were they a bit like frog spawn?
> If so they were most probably slug or snail eggs.
> http://www.gardenopoly.co.uk/blog/images/snaileggs.jpg

Yep. Vine weevil are yellow and difficult to squash but squashable.

belto Wrote:
> Recently clearing out the polyanthus from a container after having a
> good
> show this year I came across a vine weevil and promptly disposed of
> it.
> I also came across a bunch of eggs white in colour and shaped like a
> 2mm
> ball, these were in a cluster of approx 50 eggs.
> Would this be the eggs of the vine weevil or some other garden pest?

Vine weevil eggs are extremely small, so I doubt you would spot them.
These are more likely to be mollusc eggs


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"belto" <belto [at] blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Recently clearing out the polyanthus from a container after having a
> good show this year I came across a vine weevil and promptly
> disposed of it.
> I also came across a bunch of eggs white in colour and shaped like a
> 2mm ball, these were in a cluster of approx 50 eggs.
> Would this be the eggs of the vine weevil or some other garden pest?
Slug/snail eggs, you are unlikely to see Vine Weevil eggs but you've
seen the grubs so you will need to control vine weevil by chemicals or
biocontrols..
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Rod

My real address is rodtheweedygardeneratmyweedyisp
Just remove the weedy bits
and transplant the appropriate symbol at.