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TAXUS WEEVIL [1 record]

Record 1 1989-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

weevil. Any of numerous snout beetles ... which may be very injurious as the larvae of some live in nuts, fruit, and grain and eat out the interior while the larvae of others bore under the bark and into the pitch of trees and other plants

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

charançon. Nom commun à divers coléoptères dont les larves rongent les grains, les fruits, les écorces, etc. à l'aide d'une sorte de trompe.

OBS

Coléoptère de la famille des curculionidés.

Spanish

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