Its slender, curved snout is about half as long as its body. Chewing mouthparts are located at the end of the snout. The grubs are legless, white, and soft-bodied. Blackberry, strawberry, raspberry, dewberry, and red bud tree. Adult weevils emerge from overwintering sites as soon as suitable buds of early strawberries or red bud trees are available.
Weevils leave strawberry as soon as blackberry buds begin to swell.
Egg laying females avoid the thick sepals of blackberry buds and chew holes near the tip or apex of the bud. Females lay 20 to 30 eggs over a period of about a month. Eggs hatch in 4 to 12 days. Larvae live three to four weeks. Larvae pupate inside the bud and molt to adults in about 10 days.