#diaprepes root weevil

[onenicebugperday]

@mallowroot submitted: I believe this is a diaprepes root weevil. Found on my trash can (Houston, TX)

WEEVIL TIME. And yes, definitely a diaprepes root weevil :)

[plantpirating]

[the-named-anon]

30 days of weevils, day 2!

Day 2: Diaprepes Root Weevil!

My tablet’s dead so here’s a traditional one <3

[box-of-critters]

Day 5 of Invertober, the Citrus Root Weevil, also known as the Sugarcane Rootstock Borer Weevil...a mouthful.

Native to the Caribbean and accidently introduced to the US, this guy is actually invasive in California, Texas and Florida.

[tarantula-wizard]

Invertober Day 5: Citrus Root Weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus)

[zephyrenn]

Day 2 of the 30 Days of Weevils challenge brings us the fantastic Diaprepes Root Weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus)!

This weevil is native to the Carribean and considered invasive to some parts of the United States. The larvae burrow down into soil to feed on plant roots, spreading to other areas via the soil's transportation. The color of its elytra vary between bright red to soft yellow, making for a very beautiful sunset coloration!

Reference image here.

[ghostiezone]

Invertober Day 5- Citrus Root Weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus)

Process video under the cut!

[futurebird]

Invertober 2023!

Invertober is back! The (mandatory) drawing challenge where you draw an invertebrate every day. It's for everyone and *mandatory.* Last year they had no ants on the list! I was very upset... this year there is one ant... an improvement, still so much more room to grow!

Let's shoot for 10 ants next year.

OK here is what you need to draw each day for the month:

Sunburst diving beetle (Themanectus marmoratus)

Silvery leaf cutter bee (Megachile leachella)

Little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata)

Emerald green snail (Papustyla pulcherrima)

Citrus root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus)

Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus)

Common banded hover fly (Syrphus ribesii)

Calico Crab (Hepatus epheliticus)

Elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor)

Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim)

Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Eelgrass isopod (Pentidotea resecata)

Devastating grasshopper (Melanoplus devastator)

Blue glaucus (Glaucus atlanticus)

Owlfly (Libelloides macaronius)

Fuchsia flatworm (Pseudoceros ferrugineus)

Blue morpho (Morpho peleides)

Reddish-brown stag beetle (Lucanus capreolus)

White-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata)

European mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Pink crab spider (Thomisus onustus)

Red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)

Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus spinifer)

African monarch (Danaus chrysippus)

Horned sea star (Protoreaster nodosus)

Torpedo bug (Siphanta acuta)

Iceland scallop (Chlamys islandica)

Striped pajama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)

Tiger centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha)

Leopard slug (Limax maximus)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

Let's goooo!

[plumpengu]

omg i love bug train! in order of appearance (left to right) we got:

Monk skipper (Asbolis capucinus)

Brown Widow (Latrodectus geometricus)

Diaprepes root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus)

Little blue dragonlet (Erythrodiplax minuscula)

and (a personal favorite of mine!) Polistes dorsalis

these are all kinda old findings since i havent been able to get out in a while, but still fun to share!

Hey @willyeeton and everyone else, I was out today and found a lot of remains of stag beetles! It’s the largest beetle in Europe!

Click for better quality

Oh and cw bugs and dead things if anyone needs it

[actualcoolbugfacts]

What it is called when a certain citrus root weevil's pancreas dies?

Type 1 Diaprepes.

[glorybean]

I made a friend. 🙂

[onenicebugperday]

@flawlesschowchow submitted: Hello, found this absolutely gorgeous weevil (I believe) outside of my workplace. Can I get an ID please? I live in [removed] (please remove my location). Thanks :)

WEEVIL TIME. It's a diaprepes root weevil. This one is particularly red, but they also come in black and white, black and yellow, and black and orange :)

[floridensis]

im entering a photo contest and cant pick which one photo i want to submit! please let me know which one you like best!

1 - diaprepes root weevil

2 - fulvous hairstreak (endangered)

3 - wood stork (endangered)

4 - great egret (cooling off in the heat)

5 - caribbean land hermit crab

6 - nerite snails

7 - florida burrowing owl (apparently not common outside my area?)

8 - common nighthawk

[sciencenetlinks]

Insects and Crop Loss

Plant-eating insects are responsible for the destruction of 20% of the world's crops every year.

Some, like the spotted stemborer (which attacks maize and sorghum in Africa and maize in Asia), target the plant as it grows. Others, like granary weevils (which attack wheat, rye and barley), lay their eggs in plants, which are then targeted by the larvae after the plant has been dried, processed, and stored. Beetles and moths are particularly predatory toward stored crops.

Learn more.

Diaprepes abbreviatus (citrus root weevil). Credit: Keith Weller/USDA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

[toddjdreyer]

A more proper image of a possible Diaprepes Root Weevil. Screw that iPhone and magnifying glass setup!

[plantpirating]

Weevil 7 came out...unfortunately...I'm so sorry...

Just... er, yep, sorry about that horn-headed weevil (Cerocranus extremus) You... You did not deserve that.

@30daysofweevils apologies, the other ones looked great