Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil - Polydrusus sericeus

Polyfrusus sericeus

Det. & comment per Dr. Burke:

Polyfrusus sericeus (Schaller). This is another introduced species (from the Old World) that occurs in the northeastern US.

Horace R. Burke
Professor Emeritus
Department of Entomology
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2475

MQ, Austin

Texas Beetle Info
TexasEnto.net/beetles.htm

… Mike Quinn, 7 January, 2006 - 11:08am

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Thanks for another one Mike.

… tom murray, 7 January, 2006 - 8:16pm

poly-Drusus?

I find no Web mentions at all for Poly-Frusus, but plenty for Poly-Drusus, so I'm guessing a simple typo is at the root of the matter.

… Jim McClarin, 7 January, 2006 - 11:44am

Weevil - Polydrusus sp.

We are having a population explosion of these weevils now, near Chicago. (June '05).
Cute little guys, like to play dead if you bother them.
(Seems to be par for the course with weevils).

… Bruce Marlin, 13 June, 2005 - 7:54pm

Polydrusus sp.

Thanks Bruce. So far I've seen 3 of these beetles. I also see Robin McCleod has a picture in the guide with comments and links showing the identification as Polydrusus also.

… tom murray, 13 June, 2005 - 8:55pm