The Corn Weevil Curculio glandium is widespread and common throughout England, though scarce in the West Country and Wales. It is species of deciduous and mixed woodland with plenty of pedunculate oak Quercus robur as the host material. The female searches for acorns in which to oviposit, and when found inserts her long rostrum into the base above the cup and repeatedly drills deep into the acorn fragmenting and softening the tissue on which the young larva will feed. Finally, with her ovipositor, lays one or two eggs within.
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