#3207 · 🪲 beetles

Common Leaf Weevil

🇳🇱 Gestreepte bladsnuitkever ·Phyllobius pyri

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mark Gurney · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © halinaa · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 3882 Putten, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Dorpsstraat 40, 2445 AN Aarlanderveen, Netherlands:© Elvira de Lange · CC BY 4.0
8. Voorschoten, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Sint Pieter, Maastricht, Netherlands:© Roy Erkens · CC BY-ND 4.0
10. Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, NL:© no rights reserved · CC0

what is it?

Phyllobius pyri , the Common Leaf Weevil , is a species of broad-nosed weevil belonging to the family Curculionidae subfamily Entiminae.

base stats

NL sightings 240iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,556iNaturalist 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 240 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #45 most seen of the beetles in NL.
8,556 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).