Question

Name the insect pest.

(a) Red weevil
(b) Bed bug
(c) Cockroach
(d) Ant

Answer 1

Hint: They belong to the family of true beetles having a larger size with a rusty red-colored body. They are considered to be the common pest in the palm trees along with date palm, coconut palm, and oil palm.

Complete answer:
The insect pest damages various crops and plants and is also harmful to animals and humans as well. The Red weevil is the insect pest that is shown in the figure. It belongs to the family Curculionidae. It is a true weevil with a large reddish body. They undergo various stages during their life cycle that includes eggs, pupa, larva, and adult.
-Pests are creators that damage the livestock and are harmful to any animal or plant or human concerns. -They are harmful to the living organisms as well as certain animals as they result in biting and stinging.
-Pests are harmful to agriculture as they attack crops resulting in various bacterial, fungal, or viral infections.
-They are said to be the most harmful and injurious pests due to their certain characteristics that include rapid reproduction resulting in a large number of species.
-There are a large variety of pests that include mites, nematodes, insects, and gastropods that attack agricultural and horticultural crops.
-Whether animals, plants, or fungi are all considered troublesome to humans because they damage crops.
-Arthropods, insects, arachnids, and some species of millipedes and crustaceans are the varied and numerous species of a crop pest.

So, the correct answer is ‘Red weevil’.

Note:
Bed bugs can live for several months without their meal of blood. They linger on furniture until they are near a human host again. In the case of the bed bugs, the female bugs are seen to move as far as possible from the male. Cockroaches are the common insects that are found in almost all the types of environments that include houses. They are commonly found in tropical and subtropical environments. Ants are insects that are related to wasps and bees.