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Curculio salicivorus Paykull 1792

Cambridge: 5 May 2001 Length (head + body, not rostrum): 2.5mm On willow, using snout - well I thought it was sucking sap, but I'm told it is laying eggs in sawfly galls. Identified from Joy's Handbook on the following points: tapered body, long snout with antennae midway along, black rostrum and antennae, size, host. Synonym: Balanobius salicivorus

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Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Cambridge: 5 Aug 2001 Adults feed on vines, strawberries, raspberries ... Larvae feed on various roots. Rated such a pest that there is a web site dedicated to it: http://www.vine.weevil.org.uk/.

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Nettle weevil Phyllobius pomaceus Gyllenhal, 1834

Cambridge: 26 May 2001 Length (head + body): 9mm On raspberry: we don't cultivate (many) nettles!

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Apple fruit weevil Rhynchites aequatus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Cambridge: 6 May 2001 Note coppery tint to thorax and slightly hairy elytra Lays eggs in apple buds: larvae leave tunnels in the growing fruit. More information and another photo at HYPP Zoology (nomenclature differs)

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