
Community identification
Broad-nosed Weevil or Grain Weevil
Curculionidae family
- Order & Family
- Order: Coleoptera, Family: Curculionidae
- Size
- 2 mm to 10 mm depending on the specific species
Natural Habitat
Found indoors in pantries, kitchens, and grain storage areas, or outdoors in fields, gardens, and leaf litter.
Diet & Feeding
Primarily feed on stored grains, seeds, plant matter, and occasionally agricultural crops.
Behavior Patterns
They are typically slow-moving beetles that may play dead when disturbed. Females chew into grains or seeds to deposit eggs, where the larvae develop internally.
Risks & Benefits
They pose no direct health risk to humans or pets and do not bite, but certain species can become nuisance pantry pests that contaminate stored dry foods.