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Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Polydrusus formosus
29 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Pale Green WeevilPolydrusus impressifrons
Silver-green leaf weevilPhyllobius argentatus
Pachyrhinus lethierryi
Green Leaf WeevilPhyllobius maculicornis
Nettle weevilPhyllobius pomaceus
Phyllobius virideaeris
Polydrusus pterygomalis
Deer Broad-nosed WeevilPolydrusus cervinus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 14,190 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 7,391 |
| Alaska | 6,824 |
| Ontario | 4,419 |
| United Kingdom | 1,634 |
| New York | 1,625 |
| England | 1,500 |
| Michigan | 1,311 |
| Germany | 1,229 |
| Quebec | 1,209 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Beetles · Coleoptera |
| Family | True Weevils · Curculionidae |
| Genus | Polydrusus |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.