Do I gather that there is no reasonable prospect of re-establishing
Beech here, once Orchestes has finished off all the existing
trees? It seems to me that the weevil must disappear from the
province eventually, once the food plant is gone, but that it could
easily come back if beeches are re-established.
If there were any hope, perhaps some seedlings could be started
under glass now with a view to planting them in suitable habitat
with some sort of mechanical protection from the weevil - a covering
of some sort?
--- Peter Payzant