Tag: Weevil

111/150: See no Weevil, Hear no Weevil, Speak no Weevil

Sep 20, 2017

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by

Ian Thompson

in #Biodiversity150

Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Otiorhynchus: Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius, 1775) Not all weevils are evil, but unfortunately this species of weevil is quite a pest. The black vine weevil has been found to be a pest of over 100 different wild and cultivated plants. Unfortunately, this species is not the lesser of two evils since…