![]() Once hatched, the larva burrows as much as a foot deep into the soil, where it remains for up to five years before pupating and emerging as a full-grown acorn-sucking beetle. The jolt of an acorn’s fall to the ground signals to the larva that the time has come to bore its way out of the shell. By summer’s end many acorns carry the larvae, one to a nut, deposited as eggs in tiny pinholes drilled by feeding adult weevils. No matter where I move my truck in our tree-covered driveway it sits beneath an oak, and acorns come raining down on it like oversized hailstones on a tin roof.Īs startling as each resounding impact is to me, it must be a truly jarring experience for the little weevil larva curled inside the meat-filled shell. ![]() Magnificent oak trees and their acorns sustain countless wild creatures.īLAM! BONK-BLAM! BLAM! For days on end at our house, this is early autumn’s tune - a slow, staccato solo for pickup-truck percussion in A (for annoying) minor. Learn about oak tree and acorn facts and how this tree nut provides food for a wide variety of wildlife. Renewable Energy News, Blog, & Articles.Sustainable Living - Blog, Articles, & Tips.Natural Health - Nutrition Articles & Tips.Tools and Equipment Articles, Stories & News.Homemade Cheese Recipes: Cheese Making Articles.Sustainable Farming & Agriculture Articles.Power Equipment Articles - Lawn and Garden Equipment.Raising Ducks and Geese: Articles & Ideas. ![]() Homesteading Poultry - Chicken, Turkey, Ducks Archives. ![]()
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