From sentto-2242572-56012-1034075806-zzzz=example.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com Tue Oct 8 12:27:29 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: zzzz@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by example.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 057B416F16 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:27:26 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for zzzz@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 08 Oct 2002 12:27:26 +0100 (IST) Received: from n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.71]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g98BHvK12946 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2002 12:17:57 +0100 X-Egroups-Return: sentto-2242572-56012-1034075806-zzzz=example.com@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.66.98] by n16.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Oct 2002 11:16:46 -0000 X-Sender: timc@2ubh.com X-Apparently-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_2_0); 8 Oct 2002 11:16:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 43293 invoked from network); 8 Oct 2002 11:16:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Oct 2002 11:16:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO rhenium.btinternet.com) (194.73.73.93) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Oct 2002 11:16:46 -0000 Received: from host217-35-11-51.in-addr.btopenworld.com ([217.35.11.51]) by rhenium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #8) id 17ysM1-00048e-00 for forteana@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 08 Oct 2002 12:16:45 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express Macintosh Edition - 4.5 (0410) To: zzzzteana X-Priority: 3 Message-Id: From: "Tim Chapman" X-Yahoo-Profile: tim2ubh MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com; contact forteana-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 12:15:50 +0100 Subject: [zzzzteana] And deliver us from weevil Reply-To: zzzzteana@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://www.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,12374,806695,00.html Weevil pest warms to life in south-west London James Meek, science correspondent Tuesday October 8, 2002 The Guardian They're chomping in Chelsea, Fulham and Pimlico, but despite their fancy taste in London addresses they are neither posh nor particularly fussy: they are vine weevils and they want to eat your plants. Two species of vine weevil previously unable to survive Britain's cold winters have been discovered in south-west London, and one has also been detected in Surrey, Cardiff and Edinburgh. "This is probably the most serious new garden pest in recent memory," said Max Barclay, the curator of beetles at the Natural History Museum in London who discovered the creatures in the UK. The black vine weevil has long been native to Britain, causing enormous damage to glossy leaved plants such as laurels. But the two new species, otiorhynchus armadillo and otiorhynchus salicicola, not previously known north of Switzerland, are now prevalent in south London. "It's very likely these weevils have been introduced to Britain through imported ornamental plants from Italy," said Dr Barclay. "It looks like they're here to stay." He found otiorhynchus armadillo on the window of a Chelsea department store in 1998, but as the shop sold imported house plants, he assumed it was a migrant. It has now quietly become the most common species of vine weevil in south-west London. The second invader is not so numerous, but has established itself firmly in the same area. Apart from laurels, vine weevils attack bay, viburnum, ornamental ivy, and grape vines. An early sign of trouble is that notches appear in leaves. The soil-dwelling larvae bite the roots off below the surface. One possible explanation for the invaders' successful colonisation of Britain is global warming. Earlier springs and milder winters are already a fact. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sell a Home with Ease! http://us.click.yahoo.com/SrPZMC/kTmEAA/MVfIAA/7gSolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: forteana-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/