Sciaphilus asperatus

Sciaphilus asperatus is a species of weevil native to Europe.^[1][2][3] Larvae develop in spring and summer, as this beetle typically overwinters in its adult stage. Females lay between 450 and 700 eggs in the wild.^[4]

Sciaphilus asperatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Sciaphilus
Species:	S. asperatus
Binomial name
Sciaphilus asperatus (Bonsdorff, 1785)