#3343 · 🪲 beetles

Large Pine Weevil

🇳🇱 Grote dennensnuitkever ·Hylobius abietis

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © portioid · CC BY 4.0
4. © Mark Gurney · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Loenen and surroundings, Loenen, Província de Gelderland, NL:© guillemdavila · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 5151 DN Drunen, Nederland:© Rick Denissen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Veluwe, Wekerom, Gelderland, NL:© hubbeling · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 6102 XW Echt, Nederland:© Pierre · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Putterlaan 36, 3722 WH Bilthoven, Nederland:© karlijnelisabeth · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Hylobius abietis or the large pine weevil is a beetle belonging to Curculionidae family. This species is widely regarded as the most important pest of most commercially important coniferous trees in European plantations. Seedlings planted or arising from natural regeneration (germinated seed-fall) after clear felling operations are especially at risk. The adult weevils cause damage by eating the bark of seedlings around the 'collar' of the stem, thus 'ring-barking' the tree seedling which usually results in...

base stats

NL sightings 48iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,644iNaturalist 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).