For those of you who are curious about those little round holes that appear in acorns and hickory nuts, here are the two videos that will identify the source of these holes.
If you forage for nuts without holes and store them in a bag, you may end up with a bag full of holey nuts and little grubs crawling around.
Acorns, acorn weevils and acorn weevil grubs are a part of the food chain. Acorns are eaten by squirrels, deer, birds, rabbits, mice, voles, raccoons and opossums. The grubs are eaten by birds, skunks, raccoons or moles.
This video is shorter and entertaining. (2 minutes 49 seconds)
This video has more information with impressive details. (8 minutes 8 seconds)
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