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Imagine living your life with a 10-foot–long straw fastened to your face, like this acorn weevil does. That protrusion, called a rostrum, is highly useful for the weevil, however, allowing it to feed ...
The great family of the Curculionidae, with more than 20,000 described species of weevils, provides a rich store of material for observation. Some of the most interesting features in the life ...
Since weevils spend most of their life cycle inside a single grain of rice, pesticides aren't an effective method for getting rid of them, experts say. If you do notice weevils in your home ...
While it has a cute snoot, a rice weevil is a stowaway. It sneaks into your pantry as an egg that its mom laid inside a single grain of rice. Once it hatches, it turns your rice into its new home.
Vine weevil grubs live underground ... make a spray that can help control or kill adult grubs and disrupt the life cycles of their offspring, although the efficacy of such a practice is difficult ...