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Snout Beetle - Cactophagus lojanus - Rhynchophorus cruentatus
Copyright © 2005 Scott Nelson

Snout Beetle - Cactophagus lojanus - Rhynchophorus cruentatus
Lakeland, Polk County, Florida, USA
June 9, 2005
Size: 35mm
A Google search only produced 3 hits and 1 picture for this weevil. Apparently it is indigenous to Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru, perhaps it is a stray into FL. It feeds on bromeliads. There are many native species in FL and many decorator plants in the neighborhood. He is large for a United States weevil. I welcome other information from others.

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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 11 June, 2005 - 10:23am
Last updated 3 December, 2005 - 10:11pm

Correction: Palmetto Weevil Black form
This weevil is Rhynchophous cruentatus, black variation. Red forms are what is usually seen in photographs. ID was made from the University of Florida's Featured Creature page on weevils. Have never seen these weevils before, and yet in the last two days, two of them have appreared in different locations.
… Scott Nelson, 13 June, 2005 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

weEVILs
Well, according to the University of Florida, there are some exotic weevils that are posing a pretty serious threat to our native bromeliads. That said, this one doesn't look like the one(s) they have in the article.

Still...

Nice image by the way. What's the plant in the background? It looks like a "zebra plant".

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… Brian E Womble, 11 June, 2005 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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