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#3193 · 🪲 beetles

Grijze bolsnuittor

Philopedon plagiatum

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Grijze bolsnuittor, photo 1 of 9
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what is it?

Philopedon plagiatum , the marram weevil , is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the family of beetles known as Curculionidae. It is found in North America.

base stats

  • NL sightings 356iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,977iNaturalist 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 356 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the beetles in NL.
  • 1,977 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

Nederlands
Grijze bolsnuittor
scientific name
Philopedon plagiatum
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Curculionidae
sightings in NL
356
sightings in Europe
1,657
sightings worldwide
1,977
GBIF records in NL
3,978
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Curculionidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 455997, Wikidata Q18462938, GBIF 5713220, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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