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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae) » Polydrusini » Polydrusus » Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus)
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Weevil - Polydrusus formosus
Copyright © 2006 Tom Bentley

Weevil - Polydrusus formosus
Florsheim Park Nature Preserve, Lake County, Illinois, USA
August 26, 2006
Size: ~7mm
Was feeding on cottonwood sampling I think
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 26 August, 2006 - 11:17pm
Last updated 15 May, 2007 - 5:34am

Moved
Moved from Polydrusus.
Identified to species with reference found on genus page.
… Boris Büche, 15 May, 2007 - 5:34am login or register to post comments

Thanks everyone. Will move it
Thanks everyone. Will move it to Polydrusus to be safe.
… Tom Bentley, 27 August, 2006 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

green weevil
Could be the following: Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus sericeus)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/35040

http://bugguide.net/node/view/53189#52001
… Ilona L., 27 August, 2006 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

 
Not P. sericeus
Trying to identify a Polydrusus based on a picture is very risky. So, I can't say what species it is, but the shape of the prothorax show that it isn't P. sericeus.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 27 August, 2006 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

Genus-Polydrusus
One would think that a bright Blue-Green weevil would be distinctive, but no it can never be that easy can it?
… Philip Chaon, 26 August, 2006 - 11:24pm login or register to post comments

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