Black vine weevil
The black vine weevil is a dull black beetle with a short snout. It cannot fly, so it walks up plants at night to nibble the edges of their leaves. In the morning it goes back down to hide in the soil.
How big is it?
How long is it?
How big is Black vine weevil compared to YOU?
Just maths in your browser. Nothing is saved or sent anywhere.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
Its wing cases are stuck together, so it cannot fly.
Nobody has ever found a male. The females lay eggs that hatch without any father.
If you shine a bright torch on it at night, it drops to the ground in fright.
Its grubs are creamy white with a brown head and no legs.
Gardeners can fight it with tiny worms that hunt the grubs in the soil.
Most asked questions about Black vine weevil
?How do I know black vine weevils are in my garden?
Look for leaves with little notches bitten out of their edges. The weevils feed at night.
?Can black vine weevils fly?
No. Their wing covers are joined together, so they have to walk.
?What do black vine weevil grubs eat?
They live in the soil and eat plant roots, especially of plants growing in pots.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Otiorhynchus sulcatus
- Group
- Beetles
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Coleoptera > Curculionidae
- Lives on
- Europe, North America
Where the facts come from
- Vine weevil (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Opuntia. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at hello@bugwiki.app and we will fix it.
Stag beetle
Hercules beetle
Common glow-worm
Goliath beetle
Cockchafer
Mealworm beetle
Black-tailed bumblebee
Grey hairstreak
Common banded hoverfly
Australian painted lady
Olive fruit fly
Eastern tailed-blue