Stats

Lifespan

A few weeks

Size

Tiny

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

South America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

Bean weevils are small, beetle-like insects that live in bean plants. They are the larvae of the Acanthoscelides obtectus species, which was first described in 1831 by Thomas Say.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

Genus

Acanthoscelides

Species

Acanthoscelides obtectus