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Director's Commentary - Pnirontis
Copyright © 2008 Robert Lord Zimlich

Director's Commentary - Pnirontis
Dog River, Mobile County, Alabama, USA
July 10, 2008
Size: 10 ~ 12 mm
I watched this drama unfold last night, wishing I had the director's commentary. Would someone tell what's happening in "Assassin With a Monkey on his Back?" The monkey is a 3mm weevil-looking bug.
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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 11 July, 2008 - 9:33am
Last updated 20 November, 2009 - 9:42am

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 23 September, 2008 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

the monkey is a stranded placid timid weevil
[i wish i knew southern fauna better, might be a Hy*pera, a molytine of sorts, or smtg quite unrelated] -- hapless/drunk enough to land on the Pnirontis
that's just my idea of a possible scenario
… v belov, 11 July, 2008 - 9:54am login or register to post comments

 
Good Review
I like your take on the scene. I prefer to think it's an alchol related incident on the part of the weevil than some metaphoric reference to the Pnirontis' drug problem.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 18 July, 2008 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

 
pls move to the genus page of your choice :-]
(that is, Pnirontis or Hypera)
… v belov, 22 September, 2008 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

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