Bug FAQLittle Fringed Weevil
Atrichonotus taeniatulus · Order: Coleoptera · Family: Curculionidae
Also called: Small Lucerne Weevil
No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
It is found in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It lives in North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
Its native range is North America.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 16 of 51 states and DC. Most records: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, California, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee.
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Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: introduced in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
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Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrichonotus_taeniatulus
Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia
Text written 2026-10-27 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-27.