Talk:Weevil

message: the same family is discribed here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curculionidae
:No. That describes the family, not the superfamily. Gug01 (talk) 18:23, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: I think the word "some" should be added to the beginning of the sentence:  Weevils are destructive to crops.
With 60,000 species, there are probably a lot of weevils that never bother a soul.
One could look into this.
:Perhaps we could list some of the specific weevil pests, like root weevils or cotton boll weevils?--Mr Fink 04:53, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Qualifier

message: Why was this moved from Weevil? Virtually all the incoming links to that page are for the beetles. 213.249.235.86 13:55, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: You're right: this should never have been moved. The beetles are clearly the primary meaning of the word "weevil". I'll put it back. --Stemonitis 13:34, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Move?

message: Ugh. I didn't realize the weevil was a plant. :-) For some reason the Rhynchophora link on the Malpighiaceae page is redirecting here. Do we need a disambiguation page - or is there an error on one of the pages? Thanks! --RMann 18:10, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Something needs fixin'

message: This page should go by the work as G. Kuschel (1995) as the main guide to weevil taxonomy. This is also what the phylogeny section in the main page goes by. Therefore, Apionidae should not be included as a family, as they are now a subfamily of Brentidae. Also, the seed weevils bruchidae are actually in the 'leaf beetle' group Chrysomelidae, see Bruchinae.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lauriec (talk • contribs) 22:36, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxonomic consistency

message: I have been having a big problem with these too in pasta, rice, cereals, etc. Some had cited putting bay leaves near your dried goods as a solution. There is a useful weevil discussion at the link below for those with an infestation. 
http://dearreader.typepad.com/dear/2004/11/how_to_get_rid_.html?cid=87177018#comment-87177018  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.23.43.101 (talk) 22:17, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: The domestic weevil problem

message: Lesser of two weevils :)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.174.214.122 (talk) 14:42, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is one of the notorious mediocre puns of Captain Jack Aubrey, I think. 95.33.126.59 (talk) 11:02, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Lesser weevil

message: Hi- I deleted the following sentence
"Weevils are commonly known'Bold text' to tazer their pray from nozels in there nose"
Which not only includes three spelling errors, it is also factually, well, nonsense.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.33.62 (talk) 12:15, 25 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Deleted some nonsense

message: While this page does contain much information about weevils, it doesn't make clear (to me, anyway) what a weevil actually is. The taxonomy section informs the reader how to distinguish the different subfamilies of weevil, and the introduction gives a few examples of weevils, great, but nowhere does it tell the reader how to distinguish a weevil from anything else, exactly. Having no knowledge on the subject, I am unqualified to put in this info myself, but I'm hoping someone else can do it. Thanks Granolanifa (talk) 17:57, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I know, it doesn't even mention the weevils' defining characteristic: that snout.Zhoulikan (talk) 05:10, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: What's a Weevil?

message: What is the geographic range of weevils? The article could use a note about that. — O'Dea (talk) 04:05, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded. I came here here looking for the range. The article is silent on such important information. Thanks Mercy11 (talk) 19:42, 1 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Range?

message: Weevils are beetles belonging to the superfamily Curculionoidea, known for their elongated snouts. They are usually small, less than 6 mm (1⁄4 in) in length, and herbivorous. Approximately 97,000 species of weevils are known. They belong to several families, with most of them in the family Curculionidae (the true weevils). Some other beetles, although not closely related, bear the name "weevil", such as the biscuit weevil (Stegobium paniceum), which belongs to the family Ptinidae. 112.213.213.205 (talk) 12:11, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Weevil 

message: There are two media illustrations on the page which are correctly tagged with the copyright status and relevant to the topic; however, the captions are a bit too general. I think including a greater variety of illustrations or the beetle in different environments may be more helpful to understand what physical traits are characteristic to the Weevil.(talk) 15:35, 08 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Illustrations 

message: Images:
Giraffe_Weevil_Apoderus_Longicollis.jpg|Cycnotrachelus longicollis in India - Attelabidae
Rhinorhynchus rufulus lateral.jpg|Rhinorhynchus rufulus lateral
Toxonotus cornutus P1390275a.jpg|Toxonotus cornutus - Anthribidae
Fungus Weevil (Anthribidae) (8753465441).jpg|Fungus weevil - Anthribidae
Botany Bay Weevil Feb09.jpg|Chrysolopus spectabilis adult on white
Botany Bay Diamond Weevil.JPG|Chrysolopus spectabilis
Doydirhynchus austriacus.jpeg|Doydirhynchus austriacus - Nemonychidae
Cimberis attelaboides (Fabricius, 1787) (6708009533).png|Cimberis attelaboides - Cimberis
 Xyxyzyz (talk) 00:54, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: What is the intended article improvement that this is for, and how were the images selected??--Kevmin § 00:58, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images - from Weevil articles