Adults are long lived, overwintering at least once in most of the United States. They have been reported overwintering twice and ovipositing in 2 successive years in southern Ontario. In the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of the South, seasonal occurrence of the various life stages in any particular area depends on when eggs are laid. Adult weevils are found year round and they are active throughout most of the year. So, with the probable exception of areas harvested during the colder months of November, December, January, and February, adult weevils begin to migrate to an area with the onset of cutting, and oviposition begins within a few weeks.
Weevils probably migrate to winter cuts in the spring.
The life cycle on the Coastal Plain in North Carolina lasts from 3 to 12 months, depending on when the stand is cut. In the southern Appalachians, weevils do not emerge during the same year that eggs are laid, but overwinter in the larval stage and emerge in late spring and early summer of the following year. In the Northeastern and North Central United States and southeastern Canada, the period of activity is shorter than that found in the South, probably because of lower spring and fall temperatures. Adults become active between late April and late May. Oviposition lasts from May through July. Larvae from early eggs develop into pupae and adults from August through mid-October.