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Spotted Pea Weevil

Sitona macularius

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) gijwans, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 23, February 17, March 26, April 42, May 60, June 65, July 70, August 60, September 44, October 33, November 18, December 14.
United States473
Alaska473
Austria117
Wien83
Hungary41
Spain37
Romania37
Russia37
Germany27
Niederösterreich27

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
GenusSitona

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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