Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Alfalfa Root Weevil being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sitona humeralis
- Sitona macularius
- Sitona puncticollis
- Sitona lineellus
- Sitona obsoletus
- Sitona cylindricollis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Sitona
- Species
- Sitona discoideus
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