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Yellow Poplar Weevil
探検昆虫
Yellow Poplar Weevil
Odontopus calceatus
The Yellow Poplar Weevil is a small bug that loves to munch on the leaves of tulip trees. They have a shiny yellow body with black spots, making them easy to spot on the trees they like!
生息地: Forests
外見
The Yellow Poplar Weevil is a small, oval-shaped insect, typically dark brown to black in color, often with yellowish-brown scales on its wing covers. It has a distinctive long, downward-curving snout, or proboscis, extending from its head. Its body is somewhat pear-shaped.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Coleoptera科Curculionidae属Odontopus
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
Adult weevils often play dead, falling off leaves to escape scary predators.
Its long snout is actually its mouth, used like a tiny drill and a straw!
This weevil can make an entire tree's leaves look rusty brown from all their munching!
Young weevils are tiny leaf miners, tunneling hidden highways inside leaves!
特殊能力
能力
Leaf Miner Power
Yellow Poplar Weevil larvae can tunnel inside leaves because their tiny bodies fit perfectly, helping them hide from predators while they eat.
能力
Snooty Feeder
The Yellow Poplar Weevil has a long snout that helps them pierce and chew plant tissues to slurp up yummy sap and plant juices.
能力
Hard Shell Protection
The Yellow Poplar Weevil has a tough, protective exoskeleton that helps them resist attacks from predators like birds and spiders.
サイズと詳細
- サイズ
- 2.5-3.5 mm
- 寿命
- 30-60 日
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
These weevils are plant-eaters, feasting on leaves of trees like the yellow poplar.
年齢による違い: Larvae tunnel and feed within leaves (leaf miners), while adults chew holes and skeletonize leaves.
主な食物
- Liriodendron tulipifera leaves
- Magnolia grandiflora leaves
- Sassafras albidum leaves
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
eats
Tulip Poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
eats its leaves
eats
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
feeds on its leaves
eaten by
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
a common food source
parasitizes
Braconid Wasp
Microctonus calceati
lays eggs inside adults
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
These bugs are not harmful, but it's best to look and not touch them.
よくある質問
Yellow Poplar Weevilのサイズは何ですか？
2.5-3.5 mm
Yellow Poplar Weevilの寿命は何ですか？
30-60 日
Yellow Poplar Weevilは何を食べますか？
These weevils are plant-eaters, feasting on leaves of trees like the yellow poplar.
Yellow Poplar Weevilは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Yellow Poplar Weevilはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Yellow Poplar Weevilの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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