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Weevil
superfamily of beetles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Weevils are herbivorous beetles. They have a long 'snout' at the front of their head, called a rostrum. Weevils are a family, the Curculionidae, which may be the largest beetle family, with about 45,000+ named living species. That makes it the largest family in the animal kingdom.[1] In addition, the superfamily Curculionoidea has ten more families of closely related weevil-type beetles.
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The Filbert weevil, Curculio occidentis, a pest of oak trees | |
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Family: | Curculionidae |
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