#3270 · 🪲 beetles

Strawberry blossom weevil

🇳🇱 Aardbeibloesemkever ·Anthonomus rubi

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nadja Baumgartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mick Talbot · CC BY 4.0
4. 1792 BD Oudeschild, Nederland:© Hybodus · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. 6114 RG Susteren, Países Baixos:© Thijs Valkenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. De Cocksdorp, Nederland:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 3434 Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 3431 RH Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Daalmeerpad, Sint Pancras, Noord-Holland, NL:© Willem Noordzij · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

). This insect is a particularly problematic pest of strawberry in Europe, in some cases responsible for up to 80% loss of the berry crop. Adults feed on strawberry foliage, and females lay eggs inside unopened flower buds (one egg per bud) before partially or...

base stats

NL sightings 91iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,059iNaturalist observations

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).