Apoderus coryli length of about . This species is rather similar to the oak roller weevil ("Attelabus nitens") and "Apoderus erythropterus", that shows a black pronotum. All three species produce leaf wraps into which the eggs are laid. Adults can be found between May and September. They feed on leaves of the host plant, the hazel ("Corylus avellana"), hence the Latin name "coryli" of the species, meaning hazelnut. Only in exceptional cases other deciduous trees, such as alder ("Alnus" species), birch ("Betula" species), common hornbeam ("Carpinus betulus") , common beech ("Fagus sylvatica") and hop-hornbeam ("Ostrya carpinifolia") are used as host plants. After
The Old Tree in 1900 in the Pavilion de l'Alma and the "La Plume" salon - in "La Revue Blanche", Felicien Fagus wrote: The Old Tree The Old Tree is a plaster sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, originally conceived as part of his "The Gates of Hell" project. He produced it in 1885, only a year after the formation of the Salon des Independents. It measures 39.3x38.4x27 cm and shows a nude young woman clinging to an old man holding his arms out like a tree, contrasting several opposites - male and female, youth and age, softness and roughness. The work