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#3251 · 🪲 beetles

Nut Leaf Weevil

🇳🇱 Bronzen snuitkever ·Strophosoma melanogrammum

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Nut Leaf Weevil, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Strophosoma melanogrammum is a species of weevil native to Europe....

base stats

  • NL sightings 123iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 3,594iNaturalist 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 123 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 3,594 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Reinhold Forster in 1771 (255 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Nut Leaf Weevil
Nederlands
Bronzen snuitkever
scientific name
Strophosoma melanogrammum
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Curculionidae
sightings in NL
123
sightings in Europe
1,745
sightings worldwide
3,594
GBIF records in NL
1,398
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1771 by Johann Reinhold Forster

relatives· Curculionidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 231837, Wikidata Q15736314, GBIF 5752979, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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