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Brown Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius oblongus

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) carnifex, some rights reserved (CC BY)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 115, February 118, March 187, April 367, May 705, June 344, July 249, August 225, September 237, October 194, November 121, December 108.
Canada7,777
United States6,227
Ontario2,957
Alaska2,829
Quebec2,042
New York1,883
Newfoundland and Labrador1,589
Nova Scotia1,025
Michigan483
Austria438

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyTrue Weevils · Curculionidae
GenusPhyllobius

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Brown Leaf Weevil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.