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Acorn Weevil

The most curious feature of the acorn weevil is its incredibly long snout.  In the female beetle, it is sometimes longer than its entire body.  The female uses it to bore into acorns and place eggs in the hole she makes.  The larvae feed off the acorn meat until they are fully grown. Then they burrow in the ground where they remain for 1 to 2 years until emerging as an adult.

    artwork by Bradford P Ward
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They say that it's all right to talk to yourself.  But when you answer yourself?  Well, that's a little different.  It is obvious from the moment Acorn Weevil is 'bug-napped' in Chapter 11 of
A Pilgrimage of Pests that she certainly is a different kind of bug-fellow. 

When she isn't babbling to herself, she is obsessed with the thought of  someone, anyone,  providing her with what she considers 'a plan'.  It seems that Acorn Weevil isn't picky either.  Any plan will do.

She is definitely an odd creature and you'll enjoy her antics throughout the book.  Then continue reading the other books in the trilogy, Cockroach of Meadowfield
to see if she makes a reappearance.


Take a look at the video below and visit an acorn weevil as it visits an acorn.
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