Otiorhynchus sulcatus
More commonly known to gardeners as the Vine Weevil and often regarded as a pest species. It can cause damage to plants, but this is a quite attractively marked weevil. It is a large species at about 11mm long and the females are parthenogenetic, meaning that eggs hatch from unfertilised eggs and there are no males.
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UK distribution of Otiorhynchus sulcatus
 

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Updated September 2011

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