Pepper weevil
and covers it with its excrement, creating a type of cell, to be used later when it begins its metamorphosis. It develops a shiny white colour and eyes [...] pollen. In both cases, they begin to feed one to four hours after hatching. In total, the larva passes through three larval stages during which its only activity [...] distinguishing feature is a ‘snout’ which is longer than their head and prothorax. Two days after hatching and feeding, they begin to copulate and subsequently