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  • Monthly Science: Chestnut Weevil Damage

    The dried chestnuts looked undamaged in their husk, but three groups of weevil grubs surely left some damage behind:

    Chestnut husk - dried
    Chestnut husk – dried

    Gingerly prying the seeds out revealed holes in all three:

    Chestnut weevil damage - exterior
    Chestnut weevil damage – exterior

    The weevils converted the nut meat into what looks like solid frass:

    Chestnut weevil damage - interior
    Chestnut weevil damage – interior

    Having eaten themselves out of house and home, they moved on to the next plane of existence.

    For most of them, that would be bird food.