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brown beetle (Nut or Acorn weevil)

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Nut or Acorn weevil
by: Moni

Pam
Your photo is of one of the nut and acorn weevils.
The female uses her long snout for boring into nuts/acorns, and deposits the eggs there. The larva feeds inside the acorn/nut and emerges to pupate in the soil.
Adult weevils feed on young leaves and young nuts causing the nuts to drop before being fully developed.
These weevils are found around many types of nut trees including oak, chestnut, beech, walnuts, birches, alders, hazelnuts, hornbeams and hop-hornbeams.
My guess is yours is an acorn weevil found around nearby oak trees.

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