Symptoms
The adult weevils are greyish brown and are 4-5mm long. They tend to drop to the ground when disturbed, so can be difficult to find. Their feeding activities are readily detected as the beetles eat a series of U-shaped notches around the edges of the leaves. The larvae feed unseen underground on the plants' root nodules, this has limited effects on the crop in the home garden.
The amount of leaf area lost to pea and bean weevils is generally small, even when the foliage has been extensively nibbled. Established pea and broad bean plants can generally tolerate this damage, but there may be a check in growth if small seedlings are heavily damaged.