Lilac root weevil
Otiorhynchus meridionalis
The lilac root weevil is a small, shiny brownish black beetle with a long snout. Its feelers bend in the middle like an elbow. It lives in gardens in North America and loves lilac bushes.
Lives in
North America, in gardens and parks
Length
6 mm (0.24 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless to people, pets and furniture. It is just a small beetle.
What does it eat?
Grown-ups nibble leaves of lilac, peonies and other garden plants. The larvae eat plant roots underground.
How big is it?
How long is it?
💅small enough to sit on your fingernail🍽️could run across a dinner table in 36 seconds
How big is Lilac root weevil compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Lilac root weevil about 0.1 km/h (0.06 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 grown-ups nibble the edges of leaves and leave little U-shaped notches.
2
The grown-ups come out at night.
3
On hot summer days it sometimes wanders into houses looking for shade and damp.
4
It rarely does lasting harm to lilac bushes.
you asked
Most asked questions about Lilac root weevil
?Is the lilac root weevil harmful?
No. It is harmless to people and pets, and it rarely hurts lilac bushes for long.
?What should I do if I find one in the house?
It is harmless, so a grown-up can simply carry it back outside.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Otiorhynchus meridionalis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Otiorhynchus meridionalis (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 Tpa2067. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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