Armadillo weevil
The armadillo weevil is a black beetle with a short, broad snout. Its wing cases have neat grooves running along them from front to back. Gardeners know it well, because it loves to nibble their plants.
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Fun facts
It is not a picky eater and munches on lots of different garden plants.
Its babies hide in the soil and eat plant roots, where you cannot see them.
It has been spreading to new countries, and in 2010 it was reported in Norway for the first time.
Most asked questions about Armadillo weevil
?What does the armadillo weevil eat?
The beetles eat leaves and their larvae eat roots, of many garden and ornamental plants.
?How big is the armadillo weevil?
About 7 to 12 millimetres long, about as long as a fingernail.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Otiorhynchus armadillo
- Named by
- Rossi, 1792
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Otiorhynchus armadillo (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 Slimguy. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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