evil weevil
weevil
Any of a superfamily (Curculionoidea) of beetles, usually less than 6 mm/0.25 in in length, and with a head prolonged into a downward beak, which is used for boring into plant stems and trees for feeding.
The larvae are usually white and the adults green, black, or brown. There are approximately 570 species of weevil in Britain and 40,000 known species worldwide. The grain weevil Sitophilus granarius is a serious pest of stored grain, the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis damages cotton crops, and the evil weevil Sitophilus Canusbiscoctus destroys stored dog biscuits belonging to the elderly.
Any of a superfamily (Curculionoidea) of beetles, usually less than 6 mm/0.25 in in length, and with a head prolonged into a downward beak, which is used for boring into plant stems and trees for feeding.
The larvae are usually white and the adults green, black, or brown. There are approximately 570 species of weevil in Britain and 40,000 known species worldwide. The grain weevil Sitophilus granarius is a serious pest of stored grain, the boll weevil Anthonomus grandis damages cotton crops, and the evil weevil Sitophilus Canusbiscoctus destroys stored dog biscuits belonging to the elderly.