#3271 · 🪲 beetles
Brown Leaf Weevil
🇳🇱 Behaarde bladsnuitkever ·Phyllobius oblongus
📍 Leidschendam, Nederland
📍 Paddepoel-Zuid, Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Gelderland, NL
📍 Nieuwegein, Nederland
📍 9742 JC Groningen, Netherlands
📍 Westpoort, Amsterdam, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jason M Crockwell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Udo Schmidt · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Paddepoel-Zuid, Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Gelderland, NL:© invasive_nerd · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marleen Schouten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9742 JC Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Westpoort, Amsterdam, Nederland:© wgdevoogt · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Phyllobius oblongus 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 90 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 6,496 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Brown Leaf Weevil
- Nederlands
- Behaarde bladsnuitkever
- scientific name
- Phyllobius oblongus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 90
- sightings in Europe
- 2,554
- sightings worldwide
- 6,496
- GBIF records in NL
- 603
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
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 227925, Wikidata Q4423929, GBIF 5022592, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.