#3192 · 🪲 beetles

Black Vine Weevil

🇳🇱 Gegroefde lapsnuitkever ·Otiorhynchus sulcatus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Stuart Tingley · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © jim · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jan Grathwohl · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd · CC BY 4.0
5. © Chris Wood · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Nick Block · CC BY 4.0
7. Anna Paulowna, NL-NH, NL:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hardegarijp:© tiemenhuisman · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Hoorn, Nederland:© Henk Lasschuit · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Sint Servatiusweg, Venray, Limburg, NL:© Mats Douma · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Otiorhynchus sulcatus , commonly known as the black vine weevil or simply vine weevil , is native to Europe, but common in North America as well. It is a pest of many garden plants.

base stats

NL sightings 371iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 20,313iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 371 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #30 most seen of the beetles in NL.
20,313 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).