Bug FAQGold-dust Weevil
Hypomeces pulviger · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Curculionidae
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The gold-dust weevil is about 14 mm long and covered in iridescent green-yellow dust-like scales. Both larvae and adults feed on plants, with larvae feeding on roots in the soil and adults chewing foliage, often defoliating young bushes and nursery trees.
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How to recognize it
The beetle’s body is covered in iridescent green or yellow-green dust-like scales. Its thorax and wing cases are grey and dusted with golden or greenish flattened setae.
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Size
Adults measure roughly 14 mm (0.6 in) in length.
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Is it a pest in the house?
Both life stages can cause damage to crops and young trees in forest nurseries.
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Where it lives
It is found in forests, open areas and agricultural fields.
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What it eats
Both larvae and adults are considered crop pests. Larvae live in soil where they feed on living plant roots.
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Life cycle
Larvae develop in the soil, feeding on roots before pupating. Adult weevils live long enough to damage foliage and can defoliate young bushes and nursery trees.
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Questions people ask
How does the gold-dust weevil damage plants?
Larvae feed on plant roots in the soil, while adults chew foliage and can strip leaves from young bushes and nursery trees.
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Where might I find a gold-dust weevil?
They occur in forests, open areas and agricultural fields throughout southeastern Asia from Pakistan and India to Japan and Indonesia.
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Same family (Curculionidae)
Green Immigrant Leaf WeevilPolydrusus formosusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Black Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Nettle weevilPhyllobius pomaceusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Asian Oak WeevilCyrtepistomus castaneusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Strawberry Root WeevilOtiorhynchus ovatusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriDamages trees, gardens or cropsSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomeces_pulviger
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