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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Curculioninae » Curculionini » Nut and Acorn Weevils (Curculio) » Curculio proboscideus
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Weevil - Curculio proboscideus - female
Copyright © 2008 John F. Carr

Weevil - Curculio proboscideus - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: 8? mm (body)
I think I've seen a picture of this before but I can't find it here or in a book. Near a light at night.

Edit: Based on ID as Curculio, this must be a female because the snout is longer than the body.

The green thing belongs to subfamily Chironominae.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 30 August, 2008 - 9:05pm
Last updated 14 January, 2009 - 5:48pm

Moved
Moved from Nut and Acorn Weevils.
… John F. Carr, 14 January, 2009 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

Curculio proboscideus F., i suppose
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… v belov, 14 January, 2009 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

This a weevil...
The snout looks like it would be used for nuts and acorns so you could start searching there.

Sorry but I am on my Treo running from Gustav (New Orleans) so I can't be of more help...
… Ron M., 30 August, 2008 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Weevil, isn't it?
Has sort of a "dowsing" look to it.
… Ron Hemberger, 30 August, 2008 - 9:17pm login or register to post comments

 
LOL!
Looking for nuts, no doubt:-) This is in the genus Curculio, but beyond that I don't know.
… Eric R. Eaton, 31 August, 2008 - 1:26am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
It had better hope the local squirrels don't find out who's been eating their nuts. Once a squirrel interrupted a photoshoot by stepping on the moth I was photographing. The moth had made the mistake of lingering in the squirrel feeding area. (It was a wingless female.)
… John F. Carr, 31 August, 2008 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

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