Imagine living your life with a 10-foot–long straw fastened to your face, like this acorn weevil does. That protrusion, called a rostrum, is highly useful for the weevil, however, allowing it to feed ...

Weevils and similar pests are drawn to flour ... Proper storage techniques can significantly extend the shelf life of flour while reducing the risk of pest infiltration. Discovering pests ...

Food security in developing nations is particularly affected by animal species like the grain weevil and red flour beetle which have specialized in surviving in extremely dry environments ...

Weevils, a diverse group of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae, exhibit fascinating morphological characteristics and complex life stages. Recent research has focused on describing the ...

Thanks, Brodie. Weevils — don’t they drive you nuts! I get furious when I see a bag of barely used flour or rice with those tell-tale signs of thin cobweb like strands in among it all.