Strawberry Clipper Weevils or Bud Weevils. Spray Methoxychlor when clipped buds are first noticed. Do not spray during blossom time or if you have to, spray late in the evening. Clean up and destroy plant debris at the end of the season. Later roots turn rusty-red or brown and die.
Young leaves turn bluish green and older leaves turn yellow and red.
Plants produce little new growth, small berries and wilt and die. Totem, Olympus, Hood, Rainier, Shuksan etc. Plant in raised beds in soil with lots of organic matter. Roots of old plants turn dark brown. Plant in raised beds in soil with lots of organic matter.