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Most weevils have the ability to fly (including pest species such as the rice weevil), [2] [3] though a significant number are flightless, such as the genus Otiorhynchus, and others can jump. One species of weevil, Austroplatypus incompertus, exhibits eusociality, one of the few insects outside the Hymenoptera and the Isoptera to do so ...
Callosobruchus chinensis, also known as the adzuki bean weevil, pulse beetle, Chinese bruchid or cowpea bruchid, [1] is a common species of beetle found in the bean weevil subfamily. Although it is commonly known as the "adzuki bean weevil" it is in fact not a true weevil , belonging instead to the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae .
The subfamily includes about 1,650 species and are found worldwide. Bean weevils are generally compact and oval in shape, with small heads somewhat bent under. Sizes range from 1 to 22 mm for some tropical species. Colors are usually black or brown, often with mottled patterns.
The New Zealand giraffe weevil, Lasiorhynchus barbicornis, is a straight-snouted weevil in the subfamily Brentinae, endemic to New Zealand. L. barbicornis is New Zealand's longest beetle, and shows extreme sexual dimorphism: males measure up to 90mm, and females 50mm, although there is an extreme range of body sizes in both sexes.
This elongate-oval, little flattened species has an average length of about 11 to 15 mm. Body bright orange-yellow in color. Head, pronotum, basal aid sutural margins of the elytra are bluish or greenish-black in color. There is a greenish-black spot common to both elytra upon the middle of the suture.
Anthrenus museorum, commonly known as the museum beetle, is a species of beetle found in the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East and the Nearctic. In its larval form it damages all forms of dry skin and hair. The larva will also eat dry cheese, flour or cocoa occasionally. [1]
The Strepsiptera (/ s t r ɛ p ˈ s ɪ p t ər ə /) are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites of other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most species never emerge from the host after entering its body, finally dying ...
Huhu beetle. Female adult huhu beetles oviposit their 3mm cigar-shaped eggs in clutches of 10–50, though up to 100 may be found. [4] [5] [6] Eggs are laid in cryptic sites or in cracks in the bark of fallen wood. [6] In laboratory conditions of 20°C ± 2°C and a relative humidity of c. 75%, eggs hatched in 23 ± 2 days. [6]