#3180 · 🪲 beetles

Nettle weevil

🇳🇱 Groene bladsnuitkever ·Phyllobius pomaceus

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Nadja Baumgartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Cosimo Costanzia di Costigliole · CC BY 4.0
3. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Walwyn · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Den Oosterhuis, Nieuwe Dijk, 7921 XC Zuidwolde, Nederland:© Olmen Vos · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Zuid-Holland, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ankeveen, Nederland:© josvanschie · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Phyllobius argentatus (subgenus Metaphyllobius ) is a species of short-nosed weevil commonly known as the nettle weevil .

base stats

NL sightings 599iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,724iNaturalist 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 599 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the beetles in NL.
12,724 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Leonard Gyllenhaal in 1834 (192 years ago).