Želodar – Curculio venosus Curculio venosus

Features

The adult beetle grows 7 to 9 mm in length. It appears from May to August.

Species	Insect
Living space	Deciduous forest
Size	7-9 mm

Description

The snout is very thin. Slightly shorter in males, longer than elytres in females. The entire upper surface of the body is covered with lighter and darker brown hairs. In summer, the female with a snout drills a hole in the immature acorn and lays 1 to 2 eggs in it. The larva feeds on the contents of the acorn, and when the acorn falls to the ground, the larva bites the acorn to freedom. It spends the winter in the ground, where it sprouts the following spring. It appears in oak forests.