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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Dryophthorinae » Rhynchophorini » Sphenophorina » Billbugs (Sphenophorus) » Sphenophorus graminis
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Snout Beetle - Sphenophorus graminis
Copyright © 2010 Jim Moore

Snout Beetle - Sphenophorus graminis
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
October 10, 2010
Size: 9mm in height as posed
Found this beetle while I was digging post holes; down in one of the holes. Perhaps i should maintain a post-less post hole just for collecting! :)

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 1 December, 2010 - 3:37pm
Last updated 10 May, 2016 - 1:27am

Moved
Moved from Scyphophorus yuccae.
… v belov, 2 December, 2010 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively -- will ask Dr O'Brien to check
in any case, nice weevil, Jim.
[care to elaborate what does '9mm in height as posed' mean?]

Moved from Snout and Bark Beetles.
… v belov, 1 December, 2010 - 5:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Good question!
I should of said "9mm in width as posed (from tip of snout to tip of abdomen)". Where I now live, in the mountains of northeastern CA there are no species of yucca, so perhaps this is a different species. Anyway, thanks so far for your help!
… Jim Moore, 1 December, 2010 - 6:52pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
just '9 mm' would be as clear as it gets :)
… v belov, 1 December, 2010 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Dr O'brien's comment:
Did you notice his ID for this beetle under the other image of this beetle? (1) "Sphenophorus graminus" Chittenden. A new species for the Guide?
… Jim Moore, 2 December, 2010 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
cool -- thank you so much for the headsup, Jim--
...and for the nice addition, too!
i sent the link to Charlie but was not subscribed to that 2nd image and missed his ID completely [one of BG system shortcomings]
… v belov, 2 December, 2010 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

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