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Snout Beetle - Sphenophorus
Copyright © 2004 Lynette Schimming

Snout Beetle - Sphenophorus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
August 29, 2004
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 5 March, 2005 - 6:29am
Last updated 14 May, 2008 - 8:45am

Sphenophorus sp.
Charles O'Brien det.

no potential here...
… v belov, 23 May, 2009 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

NOT Hylobius.
This is one of the "billbugs," in a different subfamily than Hylobius, and related to the burweed billbug. The curved shape of the tibia helps me tell it is a billbug, plus the streamlined elliptical body shape. From the top, it looks like the thorax and abdomen are about the same size, too.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 March, 2005 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

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