Elephant weevil
Orthorhinus cylindrirostris
The elephant weevil is an Australian beetle with a long snout, like a little elephant's trunk. It has small bumps on its back and comes in many sizes and colours. Grape growers in Australia do not like it at all.
Lives in
Australia, in eucalyptus forests and vineyards
Length
1 to 2 cm (0.39 to 0.79 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people. It can damage grapevines, so wine makers see it as a pest.
What does it eat?
Both the grown-ups and the babies feed on eucalyptus trees.
How big is it?
How long is it?
🍚as long as 3 grains of rice in a row🍽️could run across a dinner table in 20 seconds
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How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Elephant weevil about 0.18 km/h (0.11 mph)
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
The boys have longer front legs than the girls.
2
The girls are shorter and less tube-shaped than the boys.
3
In Australia it is a big pest for wine companies.
you asked
Most asked questions about Elephant weevil
?Why is it called the elephant weevil?
Because of its long snout, which looks like a little elephant's trunk.
?What does the elephant weevil eat?
It feeds on eucalyptus trees.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Orthorhinus cylindrirostris
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Orthorhinus cylindrirostris (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 Grahame Bowland. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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