Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 727: acorn weevil

acorn weevil
Arthropods Daily · No. 727 acorn weevilCurculio glandium
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acorn weevil
acorn weevil (Curculio glandium) – species of family “True Weevils“

Curculio glandium is a species of European carpophagus weevil in the genus Curculio, the acorn and nut weevils. It eats by a rostrum, an elongated snout, that is used for piercing.

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Arthropods Insects Beetles True Weevils acorn weevil Black Vine Weevil Cabbage seed Weevil Cabbage Stem Weevil Ceutorhynchus typhae garden figwort weevil Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil Nut Weevil Otiorhynchus carinatopunctatus Otiorhynchus pinastri Rhamphus Small Nettle Weevil

This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Death in the garden“ Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.

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Death in the garden