Sitona hispidulus
Length 3 to 6 mm. This weevil is noticeably bristly. It usually has a golden coppery or greenish metallic appearance when fresh, but when the scales rub off it appears much blacker.
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Where clover is abundant.
Fresh adults appear in mid to late summer and overwinter.
Associated with clover, the larvae feeding on the root nodule.
Common and widespread in England and Wales, less so in Scotland.
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Mike Higgott
County Hall
09 April 2018
David Gould
Braunstone
30 August 2008
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
26 August 2017
Mike Higgott
County Hall
19 April 2018
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
26 July 2023
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
26 July 2023
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Species profile
- Common names
- Clover-root Weevil, Clover Weevil
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Curculionidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 8
- First record:
- 30/08/2008 (Gould, David)
- Last record:
- 19/08/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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David Gould
Braunstone
30 August 2008
David Nicholls
Castle Hill Country Park
19 August 2023
Mike Higgott
Anstey garden
26 August 2017
David Nicholls
Castle Hill Country Park
19 August 2023
