Golden-headed weevil
The golden-headed weevil is a little beetle with a short, wide snout. Some are bright green with a shiny pink or copper head, like a tiny piece of jewellery. Others are plain white or pale brown all over.
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Fun facts
It comes in two colour styles: green with a pink or coppery head, or all white to pale brown.
It is the only member of its group of weevils that is native to the United States. All its relatives live further south.
It has been found from the seaside all the way up to 1200 metres high, but most of them live low down.
When it was first described in 1824, it had a different name: Curculio auricephalus.
It has turned up in palmetto thickets, woods, prairies and on plants beside roads.
Most asked questions about Golden-headed weevil
?What does the golden-headed weevil eat?
Plants. It has been found on at least 46 different kinds of plants.
?Where does the golden-headed weevil live?
In the southern United States, Mexico and Guatemala.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Compsus auricephalus
- Named by
- Say, 1824
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Compsus auricephalus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Melissa McMasters from Memphis, TN, United States. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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