Wow Facts about Weevils
May 20, 2022
➤ Weevil are the beetles belongs to Curculionoidea superfamily.
➤ They also known as nunus.
➤ Weevils are well recognized for their elongated snouts.
➤ More than 97,000 weevil species are known .
➤ Many Weevils are considered serious pest , Compairing to other insects weevil can damage the most.
➤ The Wheat Weevils and the Rice weevils damages stored grain.
➤ The Boll Weevils Do over cotton crops, they lays their eggs inside the cotton bolls and the larvae eat their way out.
➤ Most of the Weevils are good flyer, however some species are flightless.
➤ The female rostrum is twice as long and its surface is smoother than in the male.
➤ Did you know , The male New Zealand giraffe weevil are measure up to 3.5 inches , while female Giraffe Weevils are measured up to 2.0 inches.
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| Red Palm weevil , image by Maka Muki , from Pixbay |
➤ Palm weevil is considered a major pest in palm plantations, including the coconut palm, date palm and oil palm.
➤ The adult insect is an excellent flier and is able to travel great distances they will colonize healthy palms.
➤ The adult female lays approximately two hundred eggs on new growth in the crown of the palm.
➤ After laying, the female protects and secures the eggs with a secretion that rapidly hardens around the eggs.
➤ Palm weevils built a cocoon with dry palm fibers in leaf litters at the base of the tree for their pupation.
➤ The total life cycles of a palm weevil takes about seven to ten weeks.
