Strawberry root weevil
The strawberry root weevil is a tiny dark brown or black beetle with a long snout. Its wing covers are stuck together, so it cannot fly at all. It got its name because it loves strawberry plants.
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Fun facts
No male of this weevil has ever been found. The mothers lay eggs that hatch without any dads.
Its grubs are white, have no legs and curl up into a C shape.
It spends the winter as a grub deep in the soil, or as an adult hiding under stones.
It also eats raspberries, grapes, peppermint and even grass.
Most asked questions about Strawberry root weevil
?Can the strawberry root weevil fly?
No. Its wing covers are joined together, so it can only walk.
?Is the strawberry root weevil harmful?
Not to people. Its grubs eat plant roots and can harm strawberry fields.
?How big is a strawberry root weevil?
About 6 millimetres long, smaller than a grain of rice is long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Otiorhynchus ovatus
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Otiorhynchus ovatus (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 Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:18, 28 December 2005 (UTC). CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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