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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 729 No. 729 |

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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„acorn weevil“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily