All the adults are females. They cannot fly. They are about 6 mm long. Injury from the adult weevils feeding on leaves and fruit is relatively unimportant except as an indicator of weevil presence. Most injury results from the larvae feeding on the roots.
Plants are stunted, the foliage turns red, and fruit is small and seedy.
Injured plants may wilt and die during dry periods in summer. When numerous, these insects can destroy a strawberry planting in one season. Monitoring Because root weevils cannot fly, it may take weevil populations 2-3 years to spread across a large strawberry field. If weevils are found throughout the field, they have been there for some time already. In new fields, carefully examine plants along fence rows and sodded edges.