#3345 · 🪲 beetles
Black Marram Weevil
🇳🇱 Duinlapsnuitkever ·Otiorhynchus atroapterus
📍 Netherlands
📍 De Cocksdorp, North Holland, NL
📍 1797 Den Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands
📍 3253 Ouddorp, Niederlande
📍 De Koog
📍 De Koog
📍 Wassenaar, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Andreas Bennetsen Boe · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Janet Graham · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Janet Graham · CC BY 4.0
- 4. Netherlands:© Gaël · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. De Cocksdorp, North Holland, NL:© oshua_o · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 1797 Den Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 3253 Ouddorp, Niederlande:© sarahmarienkaefer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. De Koog:© sirsandale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. De Koog:© sirsandale · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Otiorhynchus atroapterus is a species of weevil native to Europe....
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 48 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 413 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Charles De Geer in 1775 (251 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Black Marram Weevil
- Nederlands
- Duinlapsnuitkever
- scientific name
- Otiorhynchus atroapterus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 48
- sightings in Europe
- 344
- sightings worldwide
- 413
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1775 by Charles De Geer
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 491493, Wikidata Q13972336, GBIF 1199830, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.