South American fruit tree weevil
The South American fruit tree weevil is a beetle with a snout, from the south of South America. Its back is decorated with tiny scales that make a pattern of yellow lines. Farmers know it well, because it nibbles on many kinds of fruit trees.
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Fun facts
Its colours change with the seasons: brown and ash grey in winter, with yellow and green lines in spring and summer.
Its two wing covers are joined together, like one hard shell over its back.
It has also been found on Easter Island, far out in the Pacific Ocean.
Most asked questions about South American fruit tree weevil
?What does the South American fruit tree weevil eat?
It feeds on more than 45 kinds of fruit trees, which makes it a pest for farmers.
?How big is the South American fruit tree weevil?
It is about 11 to 14 millimetres long.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Naupactus xanthographus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- South America
Where the facts come from
- Naupactus xanthographus (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 Lycaon.cl. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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