#3265 · 🪲 beetles
chequered weevil
🇳🇱 Gevlekte aardsnuitkever ·Liophloeus tessulatus
📍 3432 PE Nieuwegein, Nederland
📍 Jellingastraat, Leeuwarden, Friesland, NL
📍 Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland
📍 Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Natalie Raeber · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Natalie Raeber · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 4. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Zdeňka Nováková · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Zdeňka Nováková · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 3432 PE Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Jellingastraat, Leeuwarden, Friesland, NL:© Jelle · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Liophloeus tessulatus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Curculionidae.
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 99 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,981 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- chequered weevil
- Nederlands
- Gevlekte aardsnuitkever
- scientific name
- Liophloeus tessulatus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 99
- sightings in Europe
- 4,703
- sightings worldwide
- 5,981
- GBIF records in NL
- 803
- 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 311242, Wikidata Q15736119, GBIF 1184505, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.