Gilkicker weevil  (Pachytychius haematocephalus)

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Description

This small reddish-brown weevil is one of about 15,000 species of weevils that form the family Curculionidae. The Gilkicker weevil gets its name from Fort Gilkicker at Gosport in Hampshire, where it was first recorded and still survives. The fort was built between 1865 and 1871 as a result of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. The fort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade II Listed Building, and was in use as a coastal defence from the nineteenth century until 1956.

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