Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Think Spring! Seed Swapping thread , 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I found the name of the white/pink Hibiscus. Of all places-- on the envelope where the seeds are. DAH!

Species: Moscheutos
Cultivar: Luna Bush

I have very, very few seeds.....Not going to bring them and bag them, but if you MUST have a few--I will share.
The main problem with the red and white Hibiscus seeds is that, somehow, these Hibiscus weevi lsget inside the seeds and eat out thee germ. Then they just hide in there....I have NO idea at what stage of the bud development they get in there--but it must be before the seed pods form--so maybe already in the bloom? As eggs?

It is a pain to get them all killed. SO! As a result--many of these Hibiscus seeds will have a hole at one end--kind of looks like a bead....The hole is where the weevil was--and also where the germ was...
***Do not plant these seeds!!!!! I don't believe that they can germinate.....as in--NO GERM......

This is from 2008.
I put all the seeds on a plate and spray them down with a Houseplant insecticide and cover them tight with plastic. Then I shake the plate now and then and they all come crawling out. It takes a while--and is disgusting!
The are no where to be seen while the seeds are drying on the plate in the open--but when you spray--look out!

Anyone know when they enter the buds/pods and what can be done to stop it?
I did spray the growing tips a couple of times with Neem. I think it helped a bit--but not entirely.

UGH!