Iris Weevil

Mononychus punctumalbum

TQ4792 22/05/2024 ©Raymond Small

A beetle with a preference for damp locations. Adults appear in May and June to feed on Iris plants. The female bores into developing seed pods and inserts an egg into several of the seeds which the hatched larvae consume. A new generation of adults appears during autumn to feed for a short time before entering leaf litter to overwinter.

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