What is this bug?

Kai123

Hey forum,

We find about 2 of these a day in our apartment. We have bushes up against our windows so its easy for critters to get in. We dont mind them but I would like to know more about them.

They kind of look like the bug below, but more brown, and a smaller head and a smaller segment between the body and head. Would anyone know which species this is?


cutout_beetle1.jpg

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

As there are hundred of beetle like this, could you attach a bpicture of one of the actual beetles with an indication of size

Kai123

When I find one I'll take a pic and measurements.

Kai123

bug1.jpgbug2.jpg

My phone wont let me take a better shot. Its about 7mm in size.

Alun

Not much to go on with that pic, but by the shape of it it looks like some kind of weevil to me, which would tie in with what you say about them possibly coming from the bushes outside the window. Maybe a vine weevil? http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=234

Kai123

Definitely the same shape but has a mostly brown colour (shaded differently over its back).

Thanks for that. I can finally know a bit more about them. We find at least one a day walking around or on the wall. Thankfully my wife doesn't mind them after showing her one playing dead, and then getting stuck on its back.

We live on the bottom floor of an apartment block in D15. Its very suburban, but because of the bushes on our walls we have plenty of these critters.

If we leave the window slightly open for a few hours, we are guaranteed a visit from a spider.

Thanks again Alun

L5

You don't live in Phoenix pk racecourse by any chance?
I lived there for a year and these bugs were everywhere I think it's something to do with the plants or shrubs as you could see holes in a lot of the leaves where they'd been eating.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Certainly like like a weevil. Bad news for plants nearby. They can be a real pest in the garden or in house plants.

Kai123

I live near Blanchardstown.

Had a good look at the bushes outside, and sure enough almost all of the leaves have holes. Would of been great if I known this earlier, would of been good to see them snacking away.

The "garden" is owned by the developers so its not a real concern of mine, but I never knew they were a real pest. About 3 months ago we had a big black beetle in our entrance, so at least they have some predators about.

L5

Get some pesticide and lay it in the garden. The grubs eat the roots of plants , the adults eat the leaves

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

L5 wrote: »

Get some pesticide and lay it in the garden. The grubs eat the roots of plants , the adults eat the leaves

Correct about the damage but I have to caution about pesticides. All are non-specific and will kill beneficial insects and beetles as well. Please avoid using them. Hand picking of adult weevils usually does the trick. Laying a membrane of landscape fabric is also effective. There at several other remedies to consider before indescriminate pesticides.