Upon emergence the new adults will seek out seedlings to feed on. Seedlings planted on or adjacent to these cutover areas are attacked by the newly emerging weevils and older adults. Delay clearcutting pine stands that are adjacent to recently planted pine plantations until the seedlings are big enough to withstand any feeding that may occur. Pissodes are very similar in appearance and habits. The white pine weevil attacks the terminals of white pine in Georgia.
Damage is done by the adults and larvae.
The adults emerge in the spring and lay eggs in feeding pits on the terminals. Upon hatching the larvae tunnel in the cambium often killing stems. When a terminal is killed it is replaced by an adjacent branch which results in a crooked or forked stem. Regenerate white pine in mixture with hardwoods. The deodar weevil is active all winter and lays eggs in the fall and winter in small puncture holes chewed in the bark.