Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil
探検昆虫
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil
Larinus minutus
The Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil is a tiny bug that loves to munch on knapweed flowers. It has a long snout and is usually brown or gray, blending in with its surroundings.
生息地: Grasslands
外見
The Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil is a small, oval-bodied insect, typically dark brown to black, often covered in fine greyish scales giving it a dusty appearance. It has a prominent, curved snout called a rostrum, which visually distinguishes it from many other small beetles.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Coleoptera科Curculionidae属Larinus
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
A female weevil lays all her eggs individually inside flower heads.
It helps control knapweed, an invasive plant, by eating its seeds!
Its larvae are legless grubs that live secretly inside plant seeds!
This tiny insect can play dead by freezing perfectly still when threatened.
特殊能力
能力
Seed Seeker Snout
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil can bore into plant tissue with its strong rostrum to lay eggs and feed on seeds.
能力
Camouflage Coat
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil has dusty scales that help them blend perfectly with knapweed plants, hiding from predators.
能力
Tough Shell
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevil has a hard, protective exoskeleton that helps them resist attacks from small predators.
サイズと詳細
- サイズ
- 3-5 mm
- 寿命
- 30-200 日
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
Adults and larvae both munch on parts of knapweed flowers and seeds, helping to manage the plant.
年齢による違い: Larvae feed exclusively on seeds within the flower head, while adults consume pollen and flower tissue.
主な食物
- Lesser knapweed seeds
- Lesser knapweed pollen
- Lesser knapweed flower tissue
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
eats
Lesser Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
Adults and larvae feed on its seeds and flowers.
eaten by
Eurasian Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus
Small birds forage for weevils on plants.
parasitizes
Braconid Wasp
Bracon intercessor
Its larvae develop inside the weevil's larvae.
eaten by
Garden Cross Spider
Araneus diadematus
Weevils can be caught in spider webs.
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
It's best to look at bugs from a distance and not touch them.
よくある質問
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevilのサイズは何ですか？
3-5 mm
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevilの寿命は何ですか？
30-200 日
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevilは何を食べますか？
Adults and larvae both munch on parts of knapweed flowers and seeds, helping to manage the plant.
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevilは通常どこに生息していますか？
Grasslands
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevilはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Lesser Knapweed Flower Weevilの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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