| Weevils
have a long, curved snout with small, strong jaws at the
end. They are adapted to boring into plant material.
Most weevils are considered to be pests as they can attack leaves,
roots and seeds of many agricultural plants. Perhaps the best
known of these is the Boll Weevil which is a voracious consumer of
cotton in American plantations.
The Diamond Weevil is one of the
larger species and feeds almost exclusively on wattles
(Acacia). The larvae feed on the roots and the adults feed
on the leaves. It has the distinction of being one of the first
species of insect to be described from Australia after specimens
were collected by the biologist Sir Joseph Banks when he arrived
in Australia in 1770.
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