Common leaf weevil
Phyllobius pyri
The common leaf weevil is a small, stocky beetle with a short broad snout. Its back is covered in shiny scales that can look grey, golden or coppery. It nibbles the leaves of fruit trees and other leafy trees.
Lives in
Most of Europe, across Asia and the Near East
Length
5 to 6.5 mm (0.2 to 0.26 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting you.
What does it eat?
It eats the leaves of pear and other fruit trees, oak, beech and other leafy trees.
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 Common leaf weevil compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Common leaf 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
Its wing cases look ribbed, with long lines along them.
2
You can see the grown up weevils from March to July.
3
It likes thickets, forest edges, orchards, parks and gardens.
you asked
Most asked questions about Common leaf weevil
?What does the common leaf weevil eat?
Leaves of pear and other fruit trees, oak, beech and other leafy trees.
?How big is the common leaf weevil?
Small, about 5 to 6.5 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Phyllobius pyri
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Phyllobius pyri (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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