Cionus tuberculosus

Cionus tuberculosus

Cionus tuberculosus is one of the small species of weevils in the tribe Cionini that have free living larvae on the plant's surface which are covered in slime for protection and create little cocoons of larval secretion.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyCurculionidae
GenusCionus
SpeciesCionus tuberculosus
Photographed in
France
Netherlands