Originally Posted by geosulcata

We continue to avoid Imidicloprid, but again, I haven't seen anything that looks like weevil damage with our bananas other than one potted banana received that was quickly destroyed. I know growers up here that use Imidicloprid to kill the Sri Lankan weevils. We go out daily and shake the lychees and break the heads off the sri lankans or drop them in alcohol. That won't work should we have issues with banana weevils though.

Has anyone down there tried beneficial nematodes? A grower near us no longer has issues with Sri Lankans or Diaprepes after using beneficial nematodes (it is expensive though). Some growers are now having issues with Imidicloprid resistant sri lankans.

We lost 4 of our honeybee hives last year. I don't see us trying Imidicloprid (or any pesticide) any time soon.