Oak leaf rolling weevil
Homoeolabus analis
The oak leaf rolling weevil is a small beetle from North America with a talent for folding. It rolls a leaf up into a neat little package and hides its egg inside. The rolled leaf keeps the egg safe while it grows.
Lives in
North America, on trees in woods and parks
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a small beetle that cannot hurt people.
What does it eat?
It lives on leaves, as its name says, and its babies grow up inside a rolled-up leaf.
How fast is it?
A garden snail about 0.05 km/h (0.03 mph)
Oak leaf rolling 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 rolled-up leaf is called a nidus, which is the Latin word for nest.
2
Making the leaf roll has its own special name: nidification.
3
Another beetle, the thief weevil, sneaks into its leaf rolls to eat the eggs.
you asked
Most asked questions about Oak leaf rolling weevil
?Why does the oak leaf rolling weevil roll leaves?
To make a safe little nest for its eggs.
?Is the oak leaf rolling weevil harmful?
No. It is a small beetle and harmless to people.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Homoeolabus analis
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Attelabidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Attelabidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Leaf-rolling weevil
Where the facts come from
- Homoeolabus analis (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 xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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