'The pales (Hylobius pales) and pitch-eating weevils (Pachylobius picivorus) are rapidly becoming serious pests in the South. This is especially true in plantations established on cutover or damaged lands. Weevils are attracted to areas where recent cutting or weakening of pines has occured, and in these areas they feed on the bark of young pine seedlings, causing injury or death. Serious seedling mortality throughout the South has become common during the last 9 years, with losses due to weevil attack running as high as 90 percent. With the use of planting to re-establish pine stands increasing rapidly, these weevils will become even more important in the future. Because the habits of the pales and the pitch-eating weevils are believed to be similar, only the pales will be discussed...' © Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, MD. Abstract reproduced by permission.