Spotted Brown Rove Beetle vs Black Alpine Weevil

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute	Spotted Brown Rove Beetle	Black Alpine Weevil
Scientific Name	Staphylinus fossor	Otiorhynchus niger
Order	Coleoptera	Coleoptera
Family	Staphylinidae	Curculionidae
Size	14-18 mm	7-10 mm
Habitat	Forests	Mountains
Diet	Predators	Herbivores
Regions	Europe, Central Asia	Alps, Carpathians, Balkans
Conservation	Least Concern	Least Concern

Spotted Brown Rove Beetle

A large, robust rove beetle with a brown body covered in patches of golden and dark setae. It is a ground-dwelling predator found in grasslands and forest edges across the Palearctic.

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Did You Know?

This beetle's powerful mandibles can crush snail shells, giving it access to a food source unavailable to most other rove beetles.

Black Alpine Weevil

A robust, dark weevil commonly found under stones in alpine environments. Adults are nocturnal and feed on plant foliage.

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Did You Know?

Some populations reproduce entirely through parthenogenesis, with no males present.