Species group · Insects

Weevils

WAnimals has 2 species of weevil, spread across 2 families (Attelabidae, Curculionidae).

2 species

2 families

1 country

6 parks

Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of weevils on WAnimals

Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

Giraffe-necked Weevil

Trachelophorus giraffa

Granary Weevil

Sitophilus granarius

1 Near Threatened1 Not Evaluated

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in one country.

The males have a neck several times the length of their body, which they use to roll leaves into a protective nest for a single egg.
From Giraffe-necked Weevil
The male's neck is three times the length of the female's, and he fights with it.
From Giraffe-necked Weevil
The male's disproportionate neck, two or three times longer than the female's, is a weapon: males shove one another with it for access to her.
From Giraffe-necked Weevil
It cannot fly: its wings are atrophied and it has entirely lost the ability to disperse on its own, so it travels only with grain moved by people.
From Granary Weevil
Its remains have been found in Neolithic and ancient Egyptian granaries: it has accompanied agriculture since its beginnings.
From Granary Weevil
An infested grain looks intact from the outside until the adult emerges, which makes detecting the infestation in time enormously difficult.
From Granary Weevil