Identify this bug (forum)

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Can anybody identify this bug? I found it on my strawberry leaves...good or bad? Thanks!
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Time: 22nd December 2009 11:40am

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Helen says...
Looks like a black vine weavil.
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Time: 22nd December 2009 12:58pm

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Diana says...
Hi Audrey,

It is a weevil (s species from a large family of beetles). It is probably sheltering in the shade and not harming your strawberries. They tend to eat grain/seeds, wood, decaying woody debris or bark, rather than fruit. Some species might eat leaves (I think one eats grape vines).

Diana

Time: 22nd December 2009 1:02pm

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au0rey says...
Thanks girls! I wonder if it eats my strawberry leaves as there are holes in the leaves.

Time: 22nd December 2009 1:04pm

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Diana says...
Come to think of it, it could be damaging the stem or roots, even if it isn't eating the strawberries and leaves.

Diana.

Time: 22nd December 2009 1:05pm

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Charles says...
Weevils are bad mkay !! Kill them all, go out at night with your torch and see what they are up too it wont be good.

Time: 22nd December 2009 2:55pm

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au0rey says...
Haha thanks Charles! This is the first time i found such a bug in my garden. Hope I wont find more.

Time: 22nd December 2009 7:15pm

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Jimmy says...
I call them garden weevils, very bad for fruit they live in the ground and climb the trees at night and eat the skin off the fruit.

Time: 24th December 2009 12:26pm

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JS says...
These bugs showed up this year and have gotten into my house and barn, they seem to have a long life span and I want to know what is attracting them? There freaking me out!

Time: 9th January 2017 1:54am

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Julie says...
I'm pretty sure they are elephant weevils. Do a Google image search to compare. They can be pretty destructive.

Time: 9th January 2017 9:19pm

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