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Chestnut Weevil

Curculio elephas

Photo by FotisAngel
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Field Notes

Description:

The adult female weevil bores a tiny hole in the immature nut to lay her eggs, which then hatch into legless grubs

Notes:

this cute insect landed on my hand while i was enjoying my coffee.there were castanea sativa trees nearby which are their main food source here in Crete.

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Biodiversity of Greece (Hellas)
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Biodiversity of Fauna in Crete
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PublishedOctober 4, 2014

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