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Tiny bug with a long nose - good, bad or just a little ugly?

Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
in Wildlife gardening
Have seen a couple of those recently - very small, about 3-4 mm. Who are they and Are they eating my plants?  :|


Surrey
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  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    Oh no 🤦🏻‍♀️ not those! I was hoping it was something nice and rare 😦 So it’s not just ugly, it’s bad. 
    Surrey
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Come on lets crawl,
    To the ugly bug ball,
    And a happy time we'll have there, one and all ....

    It looks black? Is it the camera light conditions, or is it more a slightly peppered brown grey look to it?
    I think Vine weevil too.

    Looks like you might have a plants in pots inspection exercise to do Big Blue.


  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    edited June 2019
    Yep that's Vine weevil.

    Meant to say look among the roots of the plant for crescent like grubs they are cream in colour with a light brown tip to one end. If you can pick them  out leave them for the birds they love them.
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    Oh that’s bad then. Didn’t realise they were so tiny - as the grubs are always so fat 😳
    And again right next to my strawberries. It’s a war then 😡
    Surrey
  • TheveggardenerTheveggardener Posts: 1,057
    edited June 2019
    I had to take a Camellia out of it's pot wash off all the soil clean the tub out incase of any eggs then re pot it. Also be careful if you have house plants as I have found them in the house. They do grow bigger.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's not a vine weevil. The nose looks too long with the antennae set further back and it's more slender overall with a more pointed tail end. Impossible to ID without a clear pic I'm afraid but seed weevils look to be the best fit going by the long snoz.

     
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    edited June 2019
    Agree with Wild Edges, that is almost certainly not a vine weevil. Wrong shape and far too small. Vine weevils start off bigger than that when they pupate from the grub to the adult form. This is an enlarged V.W. They are usually about 1/4 of an inch across and a little bit longer in the body.
  • Hampshire_HogHampshire_Hog Posts: 1,089
    edited June 2019
    I agree it's a weevil but not vine.
    I usually refer here to find anything I'm not sure of, takes a bit of time but get there in the end.
    https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/index.html

    "You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    The one on my picture is definitely adult size - I caught two of the same making baby-ugly-bugs... So 3-4 mm...
    Surrey
  • Big Blue SkyBig Blue Sky Posts: 716
    Sorry another pic - it’s got a really looong nose. So creepy 🥴




    Surrey
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