#3375 · 🪲 beetles
Cherry weevil
🇳🇱 Kersenpitkever ·Anthonomus rectirostris
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what is it?
De kersenpitkever of steenvruchtenbloesemkever ( Anthonomus rectirostris ) is een keversoort uit de familie snuitkevers (Curculionidae). De larven ontwikkelen zich in steenvruchten, waaronder van de gewone vogelkers en zoete kers.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 41 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,944 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Cherry weevil
- Nederlands
- Kersenpitkever
- scientific name
- Anthonomus rectirostris
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 41
- sightings in Europe
- 1,686
- sightings worldwide
- 1,944
- GBIF records in NL
- 703
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Curculionidae
#3177 📷 7Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
🇳🇱 Zijdeglansbladsnuitkever
Polydrusus formosus
👀 643 in NL
#3180 📷 10Nettle weevil
🇳🇱 Groene bladsnuitkever
Phyllobius pomaceus
👀 599 in NL
#3192 📷 10Black Vine Weevil
🇳🇱 Gegroefde lapsnuitkever
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
👀 371 in NL
#3193 📷 9Grijze bolsnuittor
Philopedon plagiatum
👀 356 in NL
#3196 📷 8Iris weevil
🇳🇱 Lissnuitkever
Mononychus punctumalbum
👀 330 in NL
#3207 📷 10Common Leaf Weevil
🇳🇱 Gestreepte bladsnuitkever
Phyllobius pyri
👀 240 in NL
#3225 📷 10Deer Broad-nosed Weevil
🇳🇱 Reebruine bladsnuitkever
Polydrusus cervinus
👀 158 in NL
#3232 📷 10Small Nettle Weevil
🇳🇱 Viervlekbrandnetelsnuitkever
Nedyus quadrimaculatus
👀 149 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 473033, Wikidata Q21238993, GBIF 1196132, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.