#3421 · 🪲 beetles
Clover Weevil
🇳🇱 Klaversnuitkever ·Sitona hispidulus
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what is it?
Sitona hispidulus is a species of weevil native to Europe and introduced to Asia and North America.
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 30 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 5,473 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777 (249 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Clover Weevil
- Nederlands
- Klaversnuitkever
- scientific name
- Sitona hispidulus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Curculionidae
- sightings in NL
- 30
- sightings in Europe
- 1,882
- sightings worldwide
- 5,473
- GBIF records in NL
- 506
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1777 by Johan Christian Fabricius
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 231080, Wikidata Q15736297, GBIF 1181241, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.